Mazingira Plus (Tanzania)
Mazingira Plus (Mazingira in Swahili means Environment) is a Non-Governmental Organisation that was established in 2019 in Tanzania. It envisions a nation that is a clean, healthy, and a well-conserved environment.
The organisation's objectives are to advocate for environmental education, conservation; waste pickers’ humanisation and gender inclusivity; waste diversion, transformations, and zero-waste options; climate actions and environmental justice; environmental pollution of urban rivers and water bodies; public and environmental health; and women’s issues.
In 2023/2024, the Eurofins Foundation is contributing to the Zero Waste School project.
Mazingira Plus aims to initiate and implement a zero-waste school programme in Dar es Salaam public schools. The programme intends to enhance waste management systems in primary and secondary schools in five municipalities by 2030. They will build a simple structure by using recycled materials collected from community and beach clean-ups to build a material recovery facility at the schools, allowing students to sort waste based on its typologies (recyclable, organic, domestic hazardous, and residual waste).
By 2030, the programme aims to:
- Deepen understanding of resource circularity and waste best practices in Dar es Salaam schools;
- Raise awareness of and change behaviour around plastic pollution in Dar es Salaam schools;
- Improve waste sorting structure and removal systems by service providers in Dar es Salaam Schools;
- Make school environments greener through the Green Schools Program.
These projects contribute to the following United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals
