NoWa makes jewelry from recycled gold and silver from previous telephones. 

The founders collaborated with Closing the Loop, an organisation that collects previous cellphones in Africa to cut back digital waste. For each piece of jewelry NoWa sells, Closing the Loop collects discarded telephones from Africa.

The jury chairman, Bert Bos, known as their thought a ‘fairy story that has develop into a actuality,’ and went on to say that their product is ‘ripe for worldwide roll-out’ and that it represents ‘Amsterdam at its finest’.

Kumasi, a startup that develops a wide range of pure and nutritious drinks from cocoa byproducts, has received the Viewers award. 

Utilising the pulp of cocoa beans that will usually be discarded, Kumasi makes scrumptious tropical tender drinks. This not solely minimises waste but additionally generates extra income for cocoa farmers in Ghana and the Ivory Coast, says MKB-Amsterdam.

March: Product of the Month nominees

Along with the winners of the February Product of the Month, MKB-Amsterdam has additionally introduced the nominees for the (digital) Product of the Month for March. 

The nominations have been made this month by Bas Beekman, program supervisor of StartupAmsterdam.

The nominees are:

Local weather Savers

Local weather Savers is a inexperienced cashback platform that helps shoppers and worker low cost programmes make going-green cheaper. 

When a Local weather Savers’ consumer purchases a sustainable, zero-emission firm or model, they’re eligible to obtain a cashback reward for each EUR, GBP, USD, and CAN spent. 

As soon as financial savings attain 20 (EUR, GBP, USD, CAN), customers can select to switch the funds again to their account or redeem them for reductions supplied by Local weather Savers on the platform. 

This not solely advantages customers’ wallets but additionally contributes to the preservation of the surroundings, says the corporate. 

Peddler

Peddler’s mission is to show each native retailer right into a searchable and sellable omni-channel market. 

By way of the platform, customers can order their favorite merchandise from native retailers and have them delivered the identical day by means of a protected and eco-friendly supply service.

SkillLab

SkillLab began with a deal with the combination of refugees into European labour markets and developed to help all job seekers that will profit from profession assist. 

The corporate’s resolution allows employment providers and coaching suppliers to ship skill-based profession orientation remotely and at scale. 

Its cell resolution permits individuals to determine their ability units and connects them to schooling and employment alternatives.

Eevery

Eevery supplies SMEs with a sustainability platform designed to advertise sustainable practices. 

The platform capabilities by means of a set of questions that generate a roadmap highlighting the alternatives for enhancing sustainability inside the firm, and find out how to implement these alternatives successfully and effectively.

Eevery tracks the sustainability rating of the corporate and the progress made following the appliance of its suggestions. 

The platform additionally gives an incredible software to share this data with clients, suppliers, and workers.

Vote to your favorite product

Chosen your favorite product already? 

Forged your vote right here. You may vote till Thursday, March 30, 2023. 

The winner will probably be introduced on Monday, April 3 in the course of the SME drink.