YOUR DONATION WILL...

Support locally led projects that create opportunities for underserved communities in tourism hotspots. Our operations are self-sufficient, but setting up new projects takes a dedicated team, the purchase of equipment and a little wriggle room for trial and error.

Below you'll see what we're hoping to achieve this year.

If you live in central Cartagena, consider a monthly donation of 150,000 pesos and we'll even come and collect all your recycling.

CARTAGENA RECYCLING CENTRE

$15,000 USD ($60.000.000 COP)

With the support of The Tahona Society and Krysteline Technologies, we have opened a glass transformation centre in Cartagena with a capacity to process 200 tons of glass a month, making us Bolivar's biggest glass recycling operation. To maximise capacity, we need an additional electric / solar powered collections vehicle, plus 6 months working capital. As a bonus, we also collect other recyclables and deliver them to the appropriate processing centres.

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COLOMBIA'S FIRST ZERO WASTE ISLAND

$45,000 USD ($200.000.000 COP)

We’ve just started a capacity building project with Orika Recicla, the Rosario Islands village council and hotels on Isla Grande. This project aims to build on the infrastructure Orika Recicla already has, adding glass and food waste transformation island-wide.

This 2 year project will see Orika Recicla learn everything we have, so they can offer services not just to the hotels on the island, but also within the village, transforming Isla Grande into Colombia’s first zero waste island.

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SUSTAINABLE BRICK FACTORY

$10,000 USD ($40.000.000 COP)

We are trialling the production of certified construction quality bricks in order to sell them to any construction project on the island of Tierra Bomba. The secret formula uses our glass sand, 90% less cement, 65% less water and bricks do not require baking, making them completely carbon neutral.

As construction bricks will no longer need to be shipped to the island, building becomes cheaper and less environmentally damaging. These funds will purchase a hydraulic brickmaker with a production capacity of 2,500 bricks per week.

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ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION

Give what you can

We put glass and food waste to use in communities and for the benefit of our environment.

Did you know that crushed glass can be used for water filtration, coral nurseries, mangrove restoration and sustainable construction?

We’re still learning too, so we’re partnering with universities, biologists and community projects to run pilot projects in Cartagena and the islands. Every little helps!

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HOW CAN YOU HELP?

HOUSEHOLD OR INDIVIDUAL

Donate directly to Green Apple from anywhere around the world here.
US residents can donate tax free, via our partner CAF here.
There is an 8% or $80 processing fee, whichever is higher, so for this reason, donations via CAF America should be a minimum of $500 USD.
Know of a fund we could apply to, or have a skill that might be useful for our projects? Message us!
Buy a cocktail or visit our Green Business Friends in Cartagena.
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LOCAL BUSINESS

Run a fundraiser by adding 1,000 pesos to your bestselling dish or cocktail, or 5,000 pesos to a hotel stay, and we’ll promote you as part of our Green Apple Friends guide. Cost to you, nothing. Impact to Cartagena, big.
Sign up to give regularly, and receive sustainability consultancy, staff training, waste collection. From 400,000 pesos per month.

IMPORTERS, BRANDS & DRINKS DISTRIBUTORS

Sponsor a project and we’ll promote your brand nationally and internationally
Demonstrate your credentials - we help you to co-design a sustainability program, zero waste event, community workshop or pilot project - putting you front and centre in a creative way
For Drinks Companies - Choose the bars you want us to work with and we guarantee your bottles will be transformed locally. Or talk to us about personalised glass products using your bottles.