Imagined Earth​

Imagined Earth (Pty) Ltd

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About this app

YOUR PERSONAL RECYCLING COMPANION
Register a new Imagined Earth Profile and start recycling!
Enter your cell phone number at your nearest Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) when you recycle and start your journey toward a better world. Download the app and create your Imagined Earth profile. Your profile allows you to earn money, coupons, link to selected loyalty partners and get rewarded. Access a full history of your transactions and track your recycling. You can also transfer money earned from your recycling to selected loyalty partners. Use the app to identify and learn about product packaging and share in community successes with partner visibility.


LOYALTY PARTNERS
Recycle and earn. Transfer your money earned from recycling to our selected loyalty partners. Purchase shares on the JSE, New York Stock Exchange and more through EasyEquities, transfer your funds into you Shell V+ loyalty card and enjoy the additional benefits of being a member or transfer your funds into your Spar’s Loyalty Card to use on your next shop.

COUPONS
Our Circular Coupon drives sustainability and rewards you with a future purchase with selected brands and retailers.

DISCOVER YOUR CLOSEST LOCATION
Use the map feature to find your nearest recycling point. Check opening hours, RVM type, accepted materials for recycling and location specific information and notices.
 
EDUCATE YOURSELF AROUND PACKAGING
Scan the barcode on a product to see what material the product is made of, whether it is recyclable, where you can recycle it, who the product was manufactured by and its recent recovery stats

GO PAPERLESS WITH YOUR RECYCLING
Rewards are administered digitally for a truly paperless recycling experience. 
 
GET FULL CONTROL OF YOUR TRANSACTIONS
Check your recycling history and view the status of all your transactions. 

WHERE IS OUR APP AVAILABLE
Imagined Earth is located and offers its services in South Africa. We required you to operate off a South African cell phone number to complete the sign up process.

Ratings and reviews

The concept and investment in the infrastructure of the app and the RVMs is laudable. However, the RVMs are frequently out of service (for me, this is the circumference of the Northern and Western suburbs of Johannesburg). This renders the whole premise of the app futile. Through a dedicated service team assigned to the RVMs, and the creation of employment in that way, the app experience can improve. Currently, using it is pretty dreary.

Just recycled my first 10 bottles and the app did not register any of them. My profile information is lost, including my name, and when I press "edit profile" to input my details again, it just perpetually loads. The idea is great, but the app needs A LOT of work, cause these kinds of glitches can deter people from continuing to recycle. Hope this gets fixed soon. UPDATE I deleted & reinstalled the app. When I logged back in, it successfully retrieved my profile & accurately logged my recycling.