Door to door used kitchen oil collection
Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaRomania
Year Founded:
Project Stage:
2013
Organization type:
hybrid
Start-Up
Budget:
< $1,000
Example: Walk us through a specific example(s) of how this solution makes a difference; include its primary activities.
In this way not only do we create solutions for disposing of a different type of waste, we give employment opportunities to the environmental friendly people as we always need an extra hand with managing and finding new people that want to start collecting.
Impact: What is the impact of the work to date? Also describe the projected future impact for the coming years.
So far we have saved our river Somes from 600 litres of used oil from 50 apartment blocks and doorms all together. We have helped the Peninsula Festival become eco-friendly by not throwing this oil in the soil. We have given work opportunities to 3 students who in time will have a stable income from managing their database of oil collector. In the future we want of course to have contracts with all the bloc administrators from Cluj-Napoca and then spread in the entire Romania. In this way we could build a processing factory and save energy by transporting the oil on a shorter distance.
Financial Sustainability Plan: What is this solution’s plan to ensure financial sustainability?
This project requires time and hard work in convincing people to collect. The buget needed is for buckets, transport and oil storage. Also money for promotin would be needed but for the moment we are a group of 4 people who are going from door to door out of our free time and signing contracts. We are trying to acces some funds for promoting the initiative and we have a business angel who is helping us from time to time.
Marketplace: Who else is addressing the problem outlined here? How does the proposed project differ from these approaches?
Right now no one is offering to collect the oil door to door. There are initiatives from big Oil companies like Mol but they only promote the idea and encourage the people to bring it to them. In this way only the very responsilble ones will start collecting but if we continue our way people will see it as an easy and ordinary thing and it will become a habbit for them to recycle this type of waste.
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