Daniel Paffenholz finds fortune in Nairobi garbage

For a long time, it bothered Daniel Paffenholz that households, including his own, were forced to burn their waste for lack of better solutions. As an environmental conservationist, the thought of the damage he was doing by releasing harmful gases into the air did not sit well with him.

Yet, when he looked around, the waste management solutions deployed, such as the “collect to dispose” that had created the headache that is the Dandora dumpsite, did not put him at ease. He resolved to find a better solution.