Totals since the 3rd of September:
| Total Recyclables Collected: 18450.8kg | Collected this week: +403.3kg |
| Rewards given out: 862 | Registered Participants: 572 |
TrashBack is a social enterprise that changes apathy into action through an altered perception of waste. We are currently operating in the Hout Bay area in partnership with THRIVE, a local NPO.
At the core of the TrashBack initiative lies our incentivised recycling project: uphinda-phindo! which operates in the Imizamo Yethu (IY) informal settlement. Participants from IY bring in recyclable materials and are rewarded with basic items such as food and clothing.
Parallel to this runs our enrichment program which is centred around outreach and educational activities. The uphinda-phindo! participants and scholars in Hout Bay High’s enviro club are taken on outings, such as trips to Cheetah Outreach.
One of our latest additions is a 2nd hand clothing recycling program, isisa clothing, where second hand clothes are sold (at significantly reduced cost) to local community vendors and the proceeds are used to fund the uphinda-phindo! rewards.
TrashBack also operates a recycling collection service in Hout Bay using a bicycle-trailer transport system. Due to Hout Bay’s flat layout, this is more cost-effective than fuelled transport and better for the environment!
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Through two generous donations, we managed to obtain a full colour TV and a flashy new DVD player, which we then offered as rewards to the weekly top collectors of our uphinda-phindo! recycling project, on the 24 December and 7th January. With prizes like these, it is no wonder why we had such a phenomenal response! What we didn’t expect, however, was that the same super-charged person would win twice!
