Our Impact in January 2024
January marked our first full month open since the Christmas break and saw us receiving an increased amount of plastic from the community
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Andy Teale
Feb 163 min
Zawadi's Story: Fronting Environmental Activism
Zawadi is blind but has made plastic collection her full-time job for the past 4 years, leading by example in her community.
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Andy Teale
Feb 153 min
Kizza Frank's Story: Creating Change through Recycling
Kizza Frank is one of our Plastic Collectors from Lake Victoria. He's aiming to set an example to others by cleaning up litter in his town!
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Andy Teale
Jan 271 min
Our Impact in December 2023
Eco Brixs was closed in the final part of 2023 as we took a break for Christmas, but we were still able to make a difference to local people
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Andy Teale
Jan 201 min
Lift-off for 2024...We're ready to create more impact than ever before 🚀
We're ready to go again in 2024! Following Christmas, the first few weeks have been busy at Eco Brixs' HQ in Masaka!
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Andy Teale
Dec 21, 20231 min
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Eco Brixs!
In our final blog of 2023, our recycling team in Masaka have recorded a special festive message for you, which you can watch here :)
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Andy Teale
Oct 22, 20233 min
Namusoke Percy's Story: Embracing Recycling
Our Plastic Collector Percy runs a Buy Back Centre in Kasaka, which allows her and others to recycle and earn from the process
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Andy Teale
Sep 25, 20231 min
Don't Miss... Our Impact Report for 2023
As we celebrate 6 years of Eco Brixs, we've released our latest Impact Report documenting our achievements and plans for the future.
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Andy Teale
Sep 15, 20231 min
Andy Wins a Special Award from The University of Winchester 🎓
Andy Bownds, our CEO, has been awarded the 'Force For Good' Award by The University of Winchester for his charitable work in Uganda.
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Andy Teale
Aug 13, 20232 min
How do we... Generate Income from Recycling?
Learn about the recycled products we produce and sell, which support our circular model to clean up even more plastic waste!
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Andy Teale
Jul 18, 20233 min
Eco Brixs' Story and Future Plans
Our CEO Andy tells the Eco Brixs story and our plans for the future
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Andy Teale
Jun 28, 20231 min
What do we do with plastic waste?
Hundred of people bring us plastic each week - but what happens next? We turn it into innovative products of value...
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Andy Teale
Jun 12, 20232 min
Eco Brixs featured in the New Vision and the Daily Monitor
To tie in with last week's World Environmental Day on 5th June, Eco Brixs was honoured to have two articles published about its work in...
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Andy Teale
Jun 5, 20232 min
Eco Brixs wins Ugandan’s Environmental Sustainability Award!
We've got an exciting announcement! 🎉 To tie in with today's World Environment Day (WED), Eco Brixs was honoured to be awarded the...
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Andy Teale
May 29, 20232 min
The Global Youth Economic Opportunities Summit in Washington DC
On 15th-18th May, Eco Brixs was invited to Washington DC to showcase our socially inclusive, circular model at the Global Youth Economic...
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Andy Teale
May 17, 20232 min
Namutebi Kadijah's Story
Prior to collecting plastic, Kadijah struggled to feed her children and grandchildren. Now, she's a financially independent business owner!
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Andy Teale
Nov 24, 20211 min
"Plastic is WACK" - launching our new 'green' t-shirts & bags
We've launched our 'Plastic is Wack' t-shirts and bags - a great gift for Christmas and environmentally friendly!
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Andy Teale
Nov 8, 20211 min
Giving plastic waste new purpose with Maggie Kigozi
The Eco Brixs team met Maggie Kigozi and sold her a variety of our Eco-Products, which in turn helps the surrounding Masaka Community!