About the foundation

Reimagining recycling as a regenerative force.

The Basoro Sustainability Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit building the infrastructure, technology, and community programs that make recycling accessible, rewarding, and transparent — in the neighborhoods that need it most.

Recyclable bottles collected and ready for processing — the raw materials of a circular economy

Our mission

Rooted in equity, driven by innovation.

We exist to reimagine recycling as a regenerative force for good — where every action counts, every voice matters, and every community thrives.

To promote environmental stewardship and equitable access to sustainable solutions through education, community partnerships, and research. The Foundation supports behavioral change, public awareness, and localized recycling infrastructure that drives measurable ecological and social impact.

We believe that recycling is an infrastructure problem, not an awareness problem. People want to do the right thing. We build the systems that make it easy, rewarding, and visible.

A green urban park with trees and people — the kind of community space Basoro works to protect

Building greener, more connected communities through accessible infrastructure

“Every aluminum can, every plastic bottle, every glass container is a resource — not waste. We're building the systems to prove it.”

How it works

The Basoro ecosystem.

A closed-loop system that connects every recycled item to real rewards, verified impact, and community benefit. Explore each step.

Step 01

Deposit

Community members deposit aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and glass containers into solar-powered reverse vending machines placed in neighborhoods, campuses, and transit hubs. AI vision and barcode scanning verify each item in real time.

Solar + battery offset reverse vending machine (RVM) — possible configuration

Core programs

Four pillars of impact.

Each program connects local action to measurable ecological outcomes.

Recycling infrastructure

Solar-powered reverse vending machines and reward systems that verify, track, and incentivize every recycling action.

Environmental education

Workshops, digital tools, and curriculum for schools that connect knowledge to real-world action and measurable impact.

Community engagement

Inclusive programs that reward local participation and connect ecological action to neighborhood benefit.

Conservation & research

Behavioral science research and verified ecological outcomes — reforestation, pollinator support, climate resilience.

People gathering in a park with trees and recycling bins — community and sustainability together

Where community meets sustainability

Our origin

Built by operators, not just advocates.

“Basoro started with a simple observation: in states with bottle deposit laws, people recycle. Not because they care more — because the system makes it easy and worthwhile. We asked: what if we could bring that system everywhere, enhanced with modern technology?”

The Basoro Sustainability Foundation was born from that question — and from a leadership team with the operational depth to actually answer it. Our board and advisors bring a wealth of experience across retail operations, supply chain management, enterprise marketing, sales strategy, corporate finance, and large-scale construction and real estate development — honed at some of the largest and most complex organizations in the world.

That breadth matters. Deploying recycling infrastructure isn't just an environmental challenge — it's a logistics problem, a marketing problem, a finance problem, and a construction problem. We built a team that can solve all four.

The model itself is borrowed from deposit systems that have been working for over 40 years in states like New York, Michigan, and Oregon — updated with AI-powered sorting, a mobile rewards ecosystem, and a commitment to radical transparency in impact reporting.

Buffalo, New York waterfront — a bottle bill state that proved deposit systems work

Buffalo, NY — where a bottle bill state proved that the right infrastructure creates a culture of recycling

Operations & supply chain

Moving physical goods through complex systems at scale

Marketing & sales

Building brands, driving adoption, and closing partnerships

Finance & accounting

Nonprofit governance, grant management, and fiscal rigor

Construction & real estate

Site planning, permitting, and large-scale infrastructure deployment

Looking ahead

Beyond collection.

Collecting and sorting recyclable materials is step one. What happens next — and what becomes possible when you have verified, granular data about material flows — is where the real transformation begins.

Hardware components and sensors — the technology behind intelligent recycling systems

Behavioral research

Partnering with universities to study what motivates sustained recycling behavior — incentive design, social dynamics, and community-level tipping points.

Material flow analysis

Building one of the first hyperlocal, real-time datasets on what gets recycled, where, and when — creating a living map of recoverable resources.

Future applications

Working with research and industry partners to explore what new possibilities emerge when you have a verified, transparent, community-scale recycling network.

Interested in partnering on research? Reach out to our team — we're actively seeking academic and industry collaborators.

Join us

Help build the infrastructure.

Whether you want to take the community survey, sign up for a demo, partner as a business, or support us with a donation — there's a way for you to help.

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