The ReTrade Project offers community waste reclaimers an opportunity to trade their recyclables for credit, which they can then spend at the Trade Store on food, clothing, toiletries and other essentials. Contributors to the store include local businesses, which means that purchases to stock the store also stimulate the local economy. Collected recyclables are sold to a local recycling company with all profits reinvested in stock for the store. In addition to the Trade Store, ReTrade are involved in corporate responsibility initiatives, the co-creation of children’s instruments from waste.
Driving plastic recycling through industry support
The South African Plastics Recycling Organisation (SAPRO) is the national association of plastic recycling companies with a mandate to grow the recycling rate for waste plastics. The core of SAPRO's efforts is to 1) improve the quality of materials entering the...
