Clean Trade is a grassroots initiative that transforms waste into opportunity, restoring dignity while promoting environmental awareness in Graaff-Reinet. Local community members, known as “traders”, collect rubbish from their neighbourhoods and bring it to Clean Trade on designated trading days, where they are assisted to sort it into recyclable components & trash. They receive tokens in proportion to all the waste brought, which they then use to purchase products from the Clean Trade Red Container. The container is stocked with basic food items, toiletries, stationery and pre-loved clothing.