Not because it’s fashionable,
but because it’s a necessary no-brainer.

Kitengela Hot Glass recycles and transforms scrap material into objects & designs
that have a future, address a need and fulfil a function or desire. 



Here is a beautiful pile of enormous potential - by repurposing this circular material we can make anything from a drinking glass to a dazzling light.
 


Collected from suppliers to the building industry, melting 500kg of old glass a day,
we have converted over 3000 tonnes (3,000,000 kilos)
of scrap window and bottle glass into useful and decorative items over the years.

This translates to over 500 tons of CO2 saved so far - 1 ton of carbon dioxide is reduced for every 6 tons of recycled glass used.

The process of recycling scrap glass is further augmented by annealing the objects made
using solar power (this is a global first) and old engine oil as fuels - we use about 120 litres of used oil per day to supplement our 30kW solar farm.



Packaging with used newspaper & second hand boxes  - all these reusing factors contribute to the cause.

Anselm despises waste.

This code translates into the company and there are multiple reuses on many levels throughout the studios. 

The recent addition of a glass crusher means that the studios can create sand out of old glass scrap - which they use for their dalle de verre panels and furniture.
Even finished glass objects are repurposed to a different function - a vase may become a candleshield or a lamp base, for example.

Broken pieces are fashioned into windchimes by the industrious Mr Kibe and the mini industry he has created as an offshoot of our clients demands. 

Having a good working relationship with the environment is critical to the Kitengela Hot Glass ethos. We regard nature as the treasure that it is, and are of the opinion that an inspirational & nurturing environment contributes to our product wellbeing.

Check out the Oblique Life podcast that mentions us here.