About Waster

Just in Attica region, 6000 tons of waste are produced every day, which equals to 2 million tons a year. More than 70 percent of this waste ends up in landfills, some illegal, only around 20 percent is recycled. This is way less than the EU average and it makes an enormous issue not only for the environment, but also on the country’s economy. Now imagine that someone would interrupt your Tinder scrolling session by telling you that you could do better – sell the aluminum foil to one classmate, Exchange the paper bag for a blank sheet of paper with your professor or even make profit out of the things you just wasted in the trash. You could do it all while staying on Tinder – the tinder for the trash.
WASTER – regional raw waste e-commerce platform can make a change. We are proposing to start a project that would help companies resell, reuse and getr id of unwanted production materials, from metal scraps through plastic foils to glass shards – anything that can be used by someone else. We are proposing to create a Tinder- like platform, working on the same matching algorithm that would reflect your needs and desires. By following the thoughts of circular economy, WASTER points to reduce production waste, which currently stands at almost 20 percent of Greece’s total waste production.