Why TrashIQ Built for Kenya’s circular economy

Waste is being collected. But the data isn’t.

Counties, CBOs, collectors, processors, even donors - everyone needs to prove that material moved, who moved it, and where. TrashIQ becomes that shared layer of truth.

Collectors are invisible

Informal or community collectors are doing pickups daily, but it’s not attributed to them. No attribution → no credit → no better payout.

CBOs can’t prove impact

Groups collect in WhatsApp, sheets, and voice notes - hard to aggregate, hard to export, hard to pitch to partners.

Counties lack a single view

County and ward teams struggle to see community contributions. That weakens ESG, EPR, and climate finance proposals.

One platform → six beneficiaries

TrashIQ doesn’t just help collectors. It creates verifiable data that upstream and downstream actors can reuse - without re-keying and without chasing reports.

1. Collectors frontline

Every pickup is tied to a person. That means trackable tonnage, earnings history, and confidence to ask for better terms.

  • • Mobile-first capture (low friction)
  • • Digital identity & history
  • • Basis for loans, stipends, or equipment

2. Community groups / CBOs

Pull all members into one view. Show who is active, how much was collected this month, and export that to partners.

  • • Aggregated tonnage by group
  • • Member leaderboards
  • • Clean exports for NGOs / counties

3. Counties & city programs

Get a real-time view of what’s being collected by non-county actors - by ward, by route, by group.

  • • Ward / sub-county dashboards
  • • Evidence for climate / circular funding
  • • Track private-sector participation

4. Processors & aggregators

Know where material came from, who brought it in, and in what state - so you can reduce contamination and reward the right source.

  • • Source transparency
  • • Material classification
  • • Pickup coordination

5. Manufacturers / brands (EPR)

If you’re paying for take-back, you want to know it really happened. TrashIQ links post-consumer waste to locations, people, and dates.

  • • EPR / ESG-ready reporting
  • • Location-aware collection data
  • • Match with community collectors

6. Donors & implementation partners

Fund what is measurable. See beneficiary-level records, before/after impact, and how much material actually moved through the network.

  • • Transparent M&E data
  • • Export to your own systems
  • • Faster project close-out reports

Designed for Kenya’s realities

Built for field teams, not just offices

TrashIQ assumes your data might start in the field, on a phone, on a bad network, and sometimes via a CBO manager. So we make capture light, attribution automatic, and reporting centralized.

  • • Works with low-literacy or informal teams
  • • Role-based visibility (collector vs CBO vs county)
  • • Clear audit trail for funders and brands

Sample snapshot

Collections today

46

+9 vs yesterday

CBOs synced

7

3 pending

Tonnage (kg)

1,420

PET, HDPE, organics

Today’s most active:

Mombasa Women Green CBO

13 collectors | Kisauni, Mtopanga

312 kg

Want to see your own network in TrashIQ?

We can map your collectors, your CBOs, or your partner program and show what verified data would look like for you.