Impact
Social impact
Cash injected into the informal collection chain, the derived range of supplying collectors, and direct employment. The collector range is an estimate from tonnage and productivity, never a headcount.
USD into the collection chain
6.2%vs previous quarter
Estimated supplying collectors
6.2%vs previous quarter
Estimated range
Derived estimate. Calculated from bale tonnage against a productivity of 20 to 80 kg of material per day, of which about 30 % is plastic. It is not a census of people and no individual is counted.
Direct jobs
0.0%vs previous quarter
Schools with active collection
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Fundación Ven y Recicla has run environmental education and school collection points since 2011. The indicator is defined; the baseline has not yet been measured.
USD into the collection chain by quarter
Direct jobs by quarter
direct jobs = 12 through 2025 Q4, 20 from 2026 Q1
Why same-day cash payment is the social mechanism, not an operational detail
In the informal chain, income is irregular because the buyer is irregular. Material is sold when an intermediary appears, at a price the collector cannot verify, sometimes days after the work.
Paying cash at the gate on the day of delivery converts that into a predictable relationship with a known price and a recurring industrial buyer. It is what makes the volume dependable for the plant and the income dependable for the collector, and it is the reason working capital is the binding constraint of the whole model.