It is a fact that our drains in Gulu are clogged with plastic waste; this creates breeding grounds for malaria bearing mosquitoes and thus an increase in malaria cases. Also, most public places are messy because of littering and other improper waste management practices. Furthermore, a lot of people are unknowingly inhaling carcinogens due to open burning of plastic waste; leading to increasing cases of cancer.

On 18th January 2020, a team from Takataka Plastics visited the Plastic Recycling Industry (PRI) which is the largest processing plant for waste plastic in Uganda. This company is affiliated to Coca-Cola. At PRI, waste plastic is transformed into flake products which are mostly sold to foreign markets. These are then used to manufacture a range of products like polyester fibres (a base material for the production of clothing, pillows, carpets, etc.), polyester sheets, strapping, or back into PET bottles.