Spot, recycle, report – Ne bacaj, recikliraj (Don’t waste, recycle)!

Help, Rodiek-Nehlsen Group and “the fortunate planet” launch the “TFP – The Fortunate Planet” app in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia on 30 October 2021, to improve waste management and increase the recycling rate of the waste, supported by the PREVENT Waste Alliance.

iOS-Android application “TFP – The Fortunate Planet“ has been made available to the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia in a three-month trial period. The goal is to help citizens improve waste management activities and increase the recycling rate in BiH and Serbia. They can do it through the app by spotting the disposal points, littering and all locations where the waste has been disposed, separated and/or recycled.

With this simple, digital application citizens can make an impact and improve the waste disposal system in their countries. For each activity through the app, the „player“ – citizen, gets rewarded with EcoCredits. T.hose with the highest score can become an “Eco-Hero”. After the trial period, in the following application development phase, the credit can be used in exchange for discounts and free products online in the Green Marketplace and local markets.

The player can send invitations to friends and get additional points – all that while making our planet and our environment greener and cleaner.

The application can be downloaded either from the App Store or the Google Play Store. Following easy steps they help digitalise and classify disposal points (Spot), to create a network of locations for waste disposal.  They can dispose of and classify (separate) plastic, metal, glass, mixed waste. They can recycle (Recycle) or simply report (Report) the littering or the landfill.

The application is available in local languages Bosnian and Serbia. All is required is to have the selection of the region and the language on the mobile device have set up based on the location of the user.

In the first phase of the application, the active participation of citizens contributes to digitalisation – networking of places for proper waste disposal, recycling, littering and landfill reporting.

“With each of our (Help) projects, in addition to tangible assistance to the citizens of the Western Balkans, Help strives to leave as little negative impact on nature as possible, for the ecological footprint is one of the indicators of sustainable development. Like in this project with PREVENT where we are focused on recycling through the employment of marginalised informal waste collectors and raising awareness of the general public in both countries, on the problem of plastic waste and potential, practical solutions like the online app for spotting, recycling and reporting waste disposal locations.” said Simone Walter, the Programme Coordinator.