The Power of the Circular Economy for Waste Management
Godfrey Ssekiziyivu is a partner and Chief Technology Officer in End Plastic Pollution, a waste management organization that started in Ug
anda and that focuses on the intersection between people, the environment and the economy. They are working on implementing a zero-waste model for local communities.
A key innovation is the integration of AI for waste sorting. The app employs machine learning trained on approximately 50,000 images to identify recyclable versus non-recyclable waste, enabling users to simply photograph waste using their phone camera to receive classification. The app aims to reverse Uganda’s current waste management system, where generators typically pay collectors. Instead, the Kollekt model pays generators for their waste, and recyclers then repay collectors.
This approach helps build motivation for helping keep the environment free of waste, in particular plastic.
Shorts
How Can a Circular Economy Flip Waste Management?”
The Circular Economy and Waste Management (audio podcast)
The Transcript for the Podcast
End Plastic Pollution – Godfrey’s beginning
The purpose of the Kollekt Village and App
How will the app evolve over the near future?
Reversing the dumping center system
How will NGOs, the government and other organizations work with you?
Lack of relevant, useful laws about waste
From “AI will replace you” to “AI can augment you”
The future and humans, over the next 10 to 20 years
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Links to explore
End Plastic Pollution
End Plastic Pollution Uganda establishes The Kollekt Village to mainstream zero waste implementation in Uganda and fight climate change.
Bringing people together
End Plastic Pollution website
Godfrey on Linkedin
End Plastic Pollution Now on Linkedin
