Now live in Kirinyaga County

Zero Poison.
Zero Waste.

ZaoCycle pays Kirinyaga farmers to farm safely by monetizing their agricultural waste — linking Kenya's agrochemical health crisis and its deforestation problem into one self-sustaining solution.

Buy Briquettes Verify Produce Safety

248 Certified Farmers

18,420 Kg Waste Recovered

Deforestation Reversed

ZaoCycle Platform

Live

248

Active Farmers

18.4 T

Biomass Collected

KES 184K

M-Pesa Payouts

3,684

Eco-Briquettes

Recent Activity

Grace Wanjiku — Tomatoes certified safe

2 min ago

James Mwangi collected 85 kg rice husks

14 min ago

Mary Njeri — PHI countdown: 3 days left

31 min ago

Kirinyaga County · Mwea · Gichugu · Kirinyaga Central · Ndia

Pilot Phase Impact — Kirinyaga County

248

Active Farmers

across 4 wards

18.4T

Biomass Recovered

diverted from open burning

3,684

Eco-Briquettes

replacing school firewood

KES 184K

M-Pesa Payouts

to smallholder farmers

The ZaoCycle Method

Two Loops. One System. Total Impact.

The only way to solve the agrochemical crisis is to pay the farmer to comply. We achieve this by tapping into the inherent value of their waste.

Loop 1

Health & Certification Engine

Log via USSD

Farmer dials a simple code on any mobile phone to log the pesticide and crop. No smartphone needed.

PHI Countdown

ZaoCycle cross-references the chemical and auto-calculates the safe Pre-Harvest Interval timer.

Get Certified

Once safe, the system issues a unique digital "Safe-to-Harvest" QR certificate for the batch.

Premium Market

Consumers scan the QR to verify safety. Farmers access premium buyers at higher prices.

Loop 2

Climate & Monetization Engine

Automated SMS

After a safe harvest, ZaoCycle auto-sends: "Do you have rice husks or coffee pulp for collection?"

Youth Rider Dispatch

A local youth logistics rider is dispatched by motorcycle to collect and weigh the agricultural waste.

Instant M-Pesa

The moment waste is weighed and confirmed, the system triggers an instant mobile-money transfer.

Eco-Briquettes

Waste is compressed into clean, smokeless eco-briquettes sold to local schools — replacing firewood.

The key insight:Loop 2's waste-buyback is the enforcement mechanism for Loop 1. Logging your chemicals is your ticket into the waste-monetization program.