Empower (Accelerator)

Company Description: Empower is creating a solution to the plastic waste problem by giving plastic a value. By introducing an easily deployable digital deposit system, where plastic waste collection and recycling is incentivised, they are cleaning up the world while fighting poverty by providing a wage to those in need. The digital deposit systems provides financial incentives to crowdsource collection and segregation at source, vastly lovering the costs of collection and recycling of plastic waste while also contributing to higher quality materials. Empower has piloted its system in 16 countries across Europe, SE Asia and Africa and has permanent collection points in 7 countries where plastic waste is collected and brought to recycling. Through Empowers system it is possible to source socially collected plastic waste and track its journey through the value chain, from collection to recycled products. It is a fully digital, scalable & easy to deploy system that can be a core part of any supply chain.