KOLEKT app hits 10 thousand transactions
The KOLEKT app has reached 10 thousand transactions and gained over 1000 users in 48 countries in the 18 months since its launch. Users are actors throughout the recycling supply chain, including informal waste pickers, who assisted in its design and testing.
10 million kgs of waste traded through Kolekt app
The KOLEKT waste management app has just surpassed 10 million kgs of waste traded, 80% of which was plastic, proving the market for plastic recycling is thriving.
Digitising Mozambique’s waste supply chain
The Kolekt waste management app has been adopted by Mozambique’s only commercial plastic recycler, Topack, after a comprehensive pilot project and study.
First year for KOLEKT app sees 5400 tonnes of recyclables sold
The KOLEKT waste management app just turned one, and is now in the hands of the very people who helped design it, informal waste pickers. In three different countries, in four very different situations, the app was honed and tested, 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.
Tetra Pak, PRO Vietnam and BVRio Carton recycling initiative begins in Vietnam using Kolekt
Often deemed hard to recycle, beverage cartons are the focus of a new initiative run by Kolekt and BVRio in partnership with Tetra Pak and Packaging Recycling Organisation Vietnam (PRO Vietnam). The project will not only provide a recycling solution, but will also deliver additional income to around 200 informal waste pickers.