When Kenya banned single-use plastic bags in 2017, few imagined that the move would spark a wave of innovation that would ripple across industries and ignite fresh thinking about waste. For Wangari Kamanga, it marked the beginning of a transformative journey that would later give birth to Bloomline Creations, a small but bold enterprise breathing new life into textile waste. 

“I think that was the moment I started to understand sustainability and the circular economy,” she recalls. “At the time, I was working with a manufacturing association helping communicate what the ban meant for industries and consumers. Suddenly, the country was forced to ask, if we can’t use plastic, what’s the alternative?” 

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