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About Zero Waste Spaza

Zero Waste Spaza enables Women Spaza Shop Owners to buy and sell staple foods at bulk prices in small quanitities without creating packaging waste.

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How it works

How we aim to serve and help the people of our community.

01

Partner with food producers

This enables us to source
staple foods in large
quantities and at low prices.

02

Partner with female Spaza Shop Owners

We install our Zero waste spaza dispensers. Fill the dispenser with selected produce.

03

Spaza Shop customers
can purchase

SS customer come with their own container, choose their product and the amount they would like to spend.

04

SSO dispenses food

SS owner enters the product and amount into the ZWS app, to understand the amount to dispense. Then pour into customers container.

For Spaza Shop Owners & Customers

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Benefits of using Zero Waste Spaza

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Reduce food waste

Reduces wastage for SSO and SS customer by ordering as needed​.

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Competitive prices

We provide competitive prices to SSO owners as we source from food producers. This allows us to set recommended retail prices for SS customers that are lower than retail prices.

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Reduce cost & save time

Save time and money by eliminating repackaging of products to accommodate custom quantities​.

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Buy product within your budget

Access more food options regardless of budget​

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The environmental impact of using Zero Waste Spaza

Before using Zero Waste Spaza

Duplicate usage of plastics

Currently the usage of duplicate plastics being used to account for larger quanitties which has direct impact on the environmental state

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After using Zero Waste Spaza

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By using a dispenser and customers using their own containers, less single-use plastic circulating in the environment​.

Less usage of plastics

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80,000 tonnes of plastic leaks into the oceans and rivers of South Africa each
year, making up 3% of the plastic waste generated in the country every year.

Cleaner oceans

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Cleaner communities

By reducing waste, we will reduce littering in the community.

  1

tonne

Of plastic waste is avoided annually per spaza using the ZWS solution.

  5

tonnes

Of carbon emission is avoided by using ZWS solution. 

Kg

135

Of plastic waste is created by an average household in South Africa.

LDPE

117 

Of plastic bags created by an average household in South Africa.

Overall, Zero Waste Spaza would avoid 472 tonnes of plastic for 10 000 users or 47 kgs per user annually.

For corporate partners

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Benefits of working with Zero Waste Spaza

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Reduce packaging waste

Reduce the amount of packaging waste they responsible for.

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Create impact

By partnering with us,

creating impact.

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Data insights

Place products in different areas and get detailed data around their market.

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Reduce legislation cost

Reduces EPR costs.

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Diversify markets

Place products in different areas.

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Positive brand association

Walk the walk.

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Need more information?

Interetsed in partnering with us or becoming a Zero Waste Spaza shop owner?

Join the movement

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ADDRESS

14 Fisher Avenue Epping, Cape Town

PHONE

+27 69 473 2078

EMAIL

zerowastespaza.africa

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