Kitengela Glass - Recycled Glass Goodness
Kitengela Glass is located outside Nairobi, Kenya. It is home to many artisans all transforming recycled glass and scraps of other materials into beautiful artworks, jewellery and home ware.
Kitengela operates with purpose. They employ over fifty people, support a local orphanage, award scholarships, loan school fees, and even repair the roads. They have planted a thousand trees, and recycle raw materials and fuel, and all the packaging is second hand. All objects are handmade and often combine different disciplines – there are combinations of casted and blown glass, mixed with metal, mosaic, stained glass, beads, cement work, mirror and many other recycled materials.
Check out the website of this green friendly and socially conscious company.
Kitengela
March 6th, 2007 18:26
I’m looking at some items that I’m hoping to purchase from the Kitengela Glass shop. (pending my email request of items and costs.) I’m sure this is a stupid question but I guess the heat would make the glass items food/drink safe, don’t you think? I mean I would had to purchase this stuff and not be able to use it..
BTW, I love the Spice girl bottles. Thinking of using them in my kitchen… Nice..
March 9th, 2007 12:55
What a mess. They require hoops and bounds to order a few cool items..
THEY SAY:
Minimum order US$ 50.
Minimum shipping is US$145 for a 10kg box. That’ll fit about 16 – 20 objects of that size (4-7”).
I’ll need a scanned pdf file of your VISA or Mastercard each side, and a signed letter authorising me to debit the amount we agree on.
THE GOOD NEWS IS
They regard the glass we make as food safe.
March 9th, 2007 22:55
Scottd,
Thanks for going through all the trouble to give us the details. $50.00 minimum seems reasonable but that shipping charge is pretty horrible! But, I think that is what it actually costs for 10kg from Kenya to the US….so it is not a rip-off. We’ll keep tabs and notify GreatGreenGoods fans if Kittengale ever start importing their goods to the USA for sale.
again, thanks for checking into the details and letting us all know!
Liz
April 29th, 2008 08:30
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