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ClimeCo Partners with Enaleia to Establish a Verra Plastic Collection Project in Kenya

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ClimeCo Partners with Enaleia to Establish a Verra Plastic Collection Project in Kenya

Picking up marine plastic waste on the beach
*Updated June 21, 2023

BOYERTOWN, Pennsylvania (September 14, 2022) – ClimeCo, a leader in the management and development of environmental commodities, has partnered with Enaleia to remove plastic pollution from the Kenyan coast. Enaleia is a non-profit that engages coastal communities to collect plastic on land and in the ocean to reduce pollution and improve marine biodiversity conservation. This partnership will support Enaleia’s newest project in Kenya, contributing to the generation of plastic credits through Verra. With additional funding from ClimeCo and the sale of the credits, Enaleia estimates they will collect 1,000-3,000 tonnes of plastic annually in Kenya.

“A plastic credit is an environmental commodity that represents the collection or recycling of one tonne of plastic material, which can be used in companies’ ESG, CSR, and sustainability programs,” says Chris Parker, ClimeCo’s Director of Plastic Program. “Our approach is to create a system solution to the plastic waste challenge.”

Enaleia, along with other professional entities that are experts in sustainable development, are collaborating with ClimeCo and the Kwale Recycling Centre (KRC) in Kenya to make sure that the plastic will not only be collected but also integrated into the circular economy.

The Chanuka Plastiki project, which means “awareness of plastic” in Swahili, is operated by the Kwale Recycling Centre in Kwale County, Kenya. The KRC works to implement and improve waste management infrastructure and empower the local communities through educational outreach. As part of their “Buy-Back Program,” the KRC registers and trains informal waste pickers to collect plastic from the environment. The waste is then taken to their Material Recovery Facility (MRF), where the KRC sorts, processes, and transports it to the appropriate end destinations, including use as feedstock for their future recycling operations.

“Through the plastic credit model, we can set up large-scale plastic cleanup projects that can create a real impact,” says Lefteris Arapakis, Enaleia’s Co-Founder and Director. “Taking into consideration that 37,000 tonnes of plastic waste leak into the ocean each year in Kenya, by empowering the communities at this scale, we can not only clean up significant amounts of plastic but also prevent further ocean plastic pollution.”

The KRC also installs and maintains free public waste collection bins and organizes volunteer beach clean-ups and staff-led cleanups of illegal dumpsites. The project hopes to expand to include plastic collection within other counties and along the northern coast of Tanzania, an area that shares a border with Kenya and struggles similarly with plastic waste.

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About ClimeCo

ClimeCo is a respected global advisor, transaction facilitator, trader, and developer of environmental commodity market products and related solutions. We specialize in voluntary carbon, regulated carbon, renewable energy credits, plastics credits, and regional criteria pollutant trading programs. Complimenting these programs is a team of professionals skilled in providing sustainability program management solutions and developing and financing of GHG abatement and mitigation systems.


About Enaleia

Enaleia is a non-profit social enterprise tackling two directly related problems for the marine environment: the reduction of fish stocks and plastic sea pollution. Its mission is to make the marine ecosystem sustainable by tackling overfishing and plastic pollution. Enaleia teaches fishing practices that preserve local fish populations and remove the mounds of plastic that pollute the world’s seas, adapting the fishing industry for a green future.

ClimeCo Partners with Aclymate, a Software Solution for Small Businesses Interested in Making Climate Impacts

ClimeCo Partners with Aclymate, a Software Solution for Small Businesses Interested in Making Climate Impacts

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ClimeCo Partners with Aclymate, a Software Solution for Small Businesses Interested in Making Climate Impacts

 

Boyertown, Pennsylvania (September 8, 2022) – ClimeCo, a global company that focuses on developing and trading environmental commodities and advising clients on sustainability and emerging environmental markets, announces a partnership with Aclymate.

Aclymate is a web-based application solution for small and medium-sized businesses that desire to address their climate footprint but are otherwise unable to do so in a practical or economical manner. They offer users a robust, intuitive, and friendly way to transform their best climate intentions into climate action so that any business can become a climate leader.

“There are more than 30 million small businesses in the United States alone. Small business owners are passionate about being part of the solution to environmental problems,” says Derek Six, Chief Operating Officer at ClimeCo. “Still, there were not any affordable and effective tools for these business owners to begin their sustainability journey. Aclymate empowers small businesses, and ClimeCo is excited to support this effort.”

Aclymate provides carbon footprint and certification services to smaller companies at a cost-effective price, allowing them to show their customers, employees, and stakeholders that they are taking action in the fight against climate change.

“I have been fortunate to know a great many players in carbon markets, and I can say, unequivocally, that Derek and the ClimeCo team are amongst the best,” says Mike Smith, CEO of Aclymate. “I am very excited about this partnership and how we can bring the power of ClimeCo to the small and medium-sized business space.”

ClimeCo will participate on the Board of Directors and support Aclymate in maintaining a great selection of high-quality offset projects. This collaboration will provide Aclymate’s clients with expanded services, including expert ESG Advisory from ClimeCo. The partnership will also strengthen Aclymate’s carbon accounting and carbon offset offerings to a market segment that is generally underserved.

 


About ClimeCo

ClimeCo is a respected global advisor, transaction facilitator, trader, and developer of environmental commodity market products and related solutions. We specialize in voluntary carbon, regulated carbon, renewable energy credits, plastics credits, and regional criteria pollutant trading programs. Complimenting these programs is a team of professionals skilled in providing sustainability program management solutions and developing and financing of GHG abatement and mitigation systems.


For more information or to discuss how ClimeCo can drive value for your organization, contact us at +1 484.415.0501, info@climeco.com, or through our website climeco.com. Be sure to follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter using our handle, @ClimeCo.


About Aclymate 

Aclymate empowers small and medium-sized businesses to become Climate Leaders. With no special knowledge required, our customers can determine their emissions footprint in under 10 minutes per month, find ways to reduce their impact, and offset what cannot be eliminated – all leading to our Climate Leader certification. For more information or to sign up for a free consultation, please go to aclymate.com.