{"id":7114,"date":"2023-01-16T09:09:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T09:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.circularactionhub.org\/?p=7114"},"modified":"2023-01-16T09:09:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T09:09:35","slug":"first-year-for-kolekt-waste-management-app-sees-5400-tonnes-of-recyclables-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.circularactionhub.org\/first-year-for-kolekt-waste-management-app-sees-5400-tonnes-of-recyclables-sold\/?lang=id","title":{"rendered":"First year for KOLEKT waste management app sees 5400 tonnes of recyclables sold"},"content":{"rendered":"

The KOLEKT waste management app<\/a> has just turned one, and what a year it\u2019s been! We set out to get the app into the hands of the very people who helped design it, informal waste pickers, and to test it in real world environments. \"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

In three different countries, in four very different situations we\u2019ve honed and tested KOLEKT, achieving a total of 7,200 transactions between waste pickers, waste buyers and recyclers, resulting in the sale of 5,400 tonnes of recyclables in Vietnam, Brazil and Mozambique. Additionally, people working in waste management in other countries including India, Indonesian, Jordan and Mexico have also been downloading the app where it works in the local languages.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Vietnam it is being used to offer, buy and sell used beverage cartons in a project funded by Tetra Pak Vietnam. With previously no value to waste pickers, used cartons remained in the environment, but in a project run in partnership with PRO Vietnam, they are now being collected and traded with waste aggregators for onward recycling into paper and composite building materials. <\/span>Read more about this project.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cWe can now advertise our continuous demand for recyclable cartons and cardboard (OCC), modifying our asking price and conditions. This brings us new and unexpected suppliers that can bid to deliver to us directly.\u201d Ms Diem, procurement manager of Dong Tien Paper Vietnam<\/strong>, a paper recycling company in Saigon. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>In Mozambique, the recycling NGO <\/span>AMOR<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is using KOLEKT to register and buy marine plastics from community waste pickers and beach cleaners. Through the transparency of the transactions on the app, the recycler has been able to pay bonuses to the most prolific collectors.<\/span><\/p>\n

And in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, KOLEKT is being used by fishers using their non fishing days to collect marine waste and earn an additional income in a project run in collaboration with Brazilian NGO,\u00a0<\/span>BVRio<\/span><\/a>. The fishers are paid incentives for all marine waste collected with the support of Italian social enterprise\u00a0<\/span>Ogyre<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>Read more about this project.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cKOLEKT is uncomplicated, easy to use, easy to understand, and very intuitive.\u201d Ronaldo Barboza, Fishing for Litter Project Coordinator<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also in Rio, waste picker cooperatives Coopama and Cooper Ecologica are using KOLEKT to monitor the plastic recyclables bought and sorted from two residential buildings without a municipal collection. Funding from the Alliance to End Plastic Waste is being used to pay incentives to these cooperatives when transactions take place, increasing wages and allowing investment in infrastructure. <\/span>Read more about this project.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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