The Flipflopi Project
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Latest from The Flipflopi Project
📰 Update · 1w
Not All Plastics are Equal: Inside Our Material Testing Process
📰 Update · Aug 11
Ten Years to Prove a Point: Inside Flipflopi's 2025 Annual Impact Report
📰 Update · Jun 29
Keeping Lamu's Boatbuilders Safe: Our New Maritime Safety Initiative
📰 Update · Jun 9
From Discarded Fishing Gear to Recycled School Desks: How Flipflopi is Turning an Environmental Disaster into an Educational Solution
📰 Update · May 8
Closing the Loop on Pate Island
📰 Update · Apr 7
Marine Litter: An Emerging Threat to Mangrove Health and Establishment
📰 Update · Mar 9
Beyond the Boat, Beyond the Ban: How Flipflopi is Driving East Africa's Historic Plastic Legislation
📰 Update · Feb 10
Heritage Reimagined: Recycled Plastic Furniture Made in Lamu, Kenya
The Flipflopi Project
Waste & Recycling🇰🇪 Kenya
A traditional Kenyan dhow built from 10 tonnes of ocean plastic and 30,000 flip-flops sails East Africa's coast to prove single-use plastic can become a boat, a bus stop or a school desk.
400kkgPlastic waste recovered to date
10kchildrenChildren reached through education programmes
2,500kmDistance sailed on plastic-pollution expeditions