New app contributes to efficient waste recycling
A fast-growing app-based service, the Waste Recycling App (Wrapp), is bringing convenience and simplicity to businesses and professionals who need waste removed from worksites.
National roll-out of the app is planned for the end of this year, with the service currently available to more than 700 clients across Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban.
The app brings together independent truck owners and customers who need waste removed, through an easy-to-use mobile application.
According to the statement published on Tuesday, Wrapp enables the easy ordering and tracking of waste recycling services, similar to the likes of app-based taxi and food delivery services.
Founder Clive Amsel explains that the rationale is to spare customers the hassle of sorting out waste, while simultaneously creating work for truck owners in an environmentally conscious way.
Apart from saving customers time, Amsel stresses that Wrapp also creates work opportunities. “It’s one of the most satisfying aspects of what we do,” he enthuses.
“I think our customers recognise the potential this technology opens up for South Africans.”
All service providers are vetted and approved by Wrapp and their vehicles are subject to quarterly checks to ensure roadworthiness. Service providers’ compliance with national waste regulations is also checked regularly.
Service providers move most types of recyclables and solid waste, using skip bins, roll-on roll-off bins and tipper trucks that come with their own loading staff. Some also handle sand and stone delivery.
The app allows a customer to choose the waste type, truck type and pick-up time for loads from between 1.3 t to 12 t, with quotes on removal received within 60 seconds, all on the app.
Payment happens after delivery, either through a credit card payment gateway on the app or through an electronic funds transfer. With live tracking and notifications, Amsel notes that there is “no need to follow up” on the status of the order with calls or texts.
Additionally, the cloud-based dashboard gives customers access to a full audit trail with time stamps of every load’s life cycle, from removal to recycling or disposal, and also features useful graphic breakdowns of the data.
Orders are processed instantly on the app, with the closest available truck dispatched and scheduled for the job.
After completion, customers are also able to rate the truck driver’s service, which the app uses to report an average rating for the last year.
The app is available for Android devices from the Google Play store, and sign-up to the service is done in under 90 seconds on the Wrapp website or the app itself.
Comments
Press Office
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation