in conclusion How do we discover new shared wealth in the very diverse types of waste we produce? Whilst the UK’s improved recycling rates indicate how national and local policy makes a difference, the example of Baisikeli shows how entrepreneurial ventures can spot niches in waste flows and turn them into self-sustaining business models that create value across continents. Social venture intermediaries are a crucial enabler in unlocking such pathways. OTHER EXAMPLES
Bike Works, Seattle, USA, 1996
Union Cycle Works, London, UK, 2010
…increases young people’s mobility by teaching them repair skills and giving them a second-hand bicycle, which they pay back by doing community work; the city is aiming to triple bike usage between 2007 and 2017.
... is a not-for-profit co-operative cycling project housed in an old railway arch in Deptford, which trains homeless and unemployed people in repairing used bicycles, thereby increasing their mobility and employability.
First Step Trust: SMaRT, Salford, UK, 2005 …is a social enterprise garage service that repairs or dismantles and recycles abandoned cars, offering work placements and employment for young people and longterm unemployed adults.
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