Buy-back centres and collectors who take sorted material off your hands. Browse verified recycling buy-back centres businesses across Zimbabwe.
12 recycling buy-back centres businesses in Zimbabwe
Harare
Harare-based waste management start-up offering weekly refuse collection for households and businesses, bulk collections and recycling.
Harare
Harare waste management company running door-to-door residential collection under a concession with the City of Harare, alongside the Pomona waste-to-energy project.
Gweru
Gweru company working on plastic waste recovery, recycling and upcycling, with a network of collection points. Runs a weekly Monday buy-back at the Masvingo Recycling Hub with the City of Masvingo.
Marondera
Marondera group that will collect all types of recyclables, about 55 t in 2020.
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Gweru
Gweru collector that will pick up PET, HDPE, PP, glass and cardboard.
Masvingo
Registered cooperative in Masvingo that collects plastic waste and aluminium. Makes interlocking bricks from plastic and sand, and cast aluminium pots.
Belvedere, Harare
Harare waste collector serving households and businesses in suburbs such as Borrowdale, Avondale, Belvedere and Msasa. Also buys and resells recyclables from informal waste pickers.
Harare
Harare youth-led company, incorporated in 2021, offering household and business waste collection under a '2 Bin System' that keeps recyclables separate. Also recycles in Harare and the Mashonaland Central and East provinces.
Tafara, Harare
Recovery facility in Tafara run by the NGO Practical Action with Sida support, where waste pickers bring recyclables for sorting and are paid on the spot. More than 400 people from Mabvuku and Tafara take part.
Gweru
Gweru-based trust that collects cardboard, PET and plastics from shops, schools and communities in Gweru and Kwekwe, paying for the waste. Bales cardboard and plastics and sells them to National Waste Collections.
Mutare
Mutare business that may collect plastic, paper, cans and bottles for recycling.
Harare
Non-profit that runs integrated waste management at the Harare Showgrounds and a recyclables recovery and sorting centre in Mabvuku. Also offers door-to-door collection.
Every category has its own gotchas. These three come up again and again.
A mini skip suits a garage clear-out; a bathroom strip-out usually needs a 4m³ or bigger. Ask what fits your load before you pay.
Most companies won’t take asbestos, chemicals, tyres or medical waste. For those you need a licensed hazardous handler.
Ask which landfill or facility the load ends up at, and for hazardous waste ask to see the EMA licence before you hand anything over.