Ecobarter

Ecobarter is an integrated platform that collects, tokenizes and transforms everyday waste materials into new high-value, long-lasting consumer and industrial products. We develop innovative technology-enabled systems, including Nigeria's first Reverse Vending Machine to enable a new generation of Africans to sort and recycle waste while earning cash and gift rewards through our mobile application to power their livelihoods. Beyond recovering and diverting wastes from dumps, we work with clusters of local community women & youths as "production partners" to convert accumulated plastic wastes, especially those hard-to-recycle by mechanical processes, into fabrics for new lifestyle products like bags, shoes and clothing. This work enables these typically underserved women to earn a sustainable income to build back their lives better.