Pine Kazi

Pine Kazi is a Kenyan startup which converts pineapple leaf and recycled rubber into fashionable footwear. Pine Kazi is a new and innovative social business venture that enables a circular economy by using pineapple waste produced after harvest to craft eco-friendly products like shoes and bags. Our cradle-to-cradle approach encourages pineapple farming communities to move from a linear model of plant-harvest-dispose to a circular model of plant-harvest-reuse. Pine Kazi connects waste management with product designers thus reducing waste. Our process is sustainable, innovative and produces... Read more