Litter Token

$815.29 crowdfunded from 1172 people

$5,567.03 received from matching pools

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Paying individuals with Litter Tokens for global litter clean-up verified through photo proof; seeking Gitcoin funding to expand pickups in South America, Africa, and Asia.

SUMMARY

♻️ Litter Token pays people to pick up litter and clean up the planet. We have already picked up 80K pieces of litter as a community and we have open sourced picture proof for every single piece.

Link: https://bit.ly/47bJNxC

💚 Our community members pick up litter across 10 countries including Brazil, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Colombia , USA, Dominican Republic, Philippines, and Puerto Rico.

Check out our work on Instagram: https://bit.ly/45SXz7t

USE OF GITCOIN FUNDS

🌍 We use Gitcoin Quadratic funding to fund more litter pickups across the world!

🌊 Previous Gitcoin funds for example have funded litter pickups in Malawi, Kenya, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Philippines & Nigeria

🌊 For this round, you will be helping fund litter pickups in South America, Africa & Asia.

HOW IT WORKS

📸 Send us a picture of the litter item you picked up and threw out. Post it in our Discord. We then send Litter Tokens directly to your crypto wallet that can be swapped for USDC (1 LTK = $1.31).

LESSONS LEARNED

💡 Over the past few months, we've discovered new ways to fund our project. The primary sources being grants (like Gitcoin & Giveth) and creating a partner network of sustainable businesses that agree to give a percentage of their profits to fund Litter Token litter pickups.

⏰ Moving forward, additional funding will go towards funding more litter pickups (ongoing), establishing a nonprofit DAO to accept corporate donations, and developing a technology that allows us to better verify & reward pickups (by end of 2024).

Litter Token History

  • accepted into Climate Round 1 year ago. 990 people contributed $570 to the project, and $3,274 of match funding was provided.
  • accepted into Climate Solutions Round 1 year ago. 168 people contributed $198 to the project, and $1,573 of match funding was provided.
  • accepted into Climate Solutions 1 year ago. 14 people contributed $46 to the project, and $721 of match funding was provided.

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