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Pickers · Households
PPE cord, HDPE, PPL handed to a verified hub. RFID strand & geo-tag minted.
ReMBrace is a South-African born circular-economy movement that intercepts plastic waste at source — from rivers, beaches and landfills — and re-weaves it into Solomon's Knot survival bracelets, lifestyle accessories and homeware. From waste to worth. From source to sale. Each thread connecting us all, forever.
5% of every sale → grassroots recycling & community NPOs

No. 01
The Solomon's Knot
Forest weave. Reclaimed PPE cord. Stainless clasp.
ReMBrace
/riː-ɛm-breɪs/ · verb
to re-embrace — to eagerly take up, accept, or hold something (an idea, a lifestyle, a person, a planet) again, after a period of separation or absence. From re- (“again”) + embrace (“to hold closely, accept willingly”).
The wordplay
The capital R stands for Recycling — the first of our Five R’s. Brace is a nod to the woven bracelet at the heart of the movement — a strand of reclaimed plastic held close against the skin.
Together, ReMBrace is a promise: to hold the planet close again, to weave what was discarded back into worth, and to bind every hand along the chain — collector, weaver, wearer — into a single, unbroken embrace.
ReMBrace is more than a product. It is an integrated circular-economy ecosystem connecting households, reclaimers, recyclers, artisans, retailers and conscious consumers into a single value chain — where every participant is rewarded for making responsible environmental choices.
Read the full pitchOur Mission
To transform the global perception of waste — converting recovered plastic into high-value wearable products while creating employment, empowering communities, restoring ecosystems and fostering a new relationship between people and the planet.
Our Vision
A world where waste is no longer discarded but reintegrated into meaningful economic and social systems — where every strand, bracelet and product tells the story of environmental restoration and human empowerment.
Our Values
Regeneration
We don’t manage waste — we reintegrate it. Every product restores rather than depletes.
Dignity
Informal reclaimers, women and youth move from invisible labour to dignified, traceable enterprise.
Traceability
Every strand is accountable — from the river it was pulled from to the wrist that wears it.
Community
Decentralised micro-enterprises and cooperatives own the value they create, locally.
Transparency
Impact metrics, supply chains and partner terms are published openly, not buried in reports.
Ambition
Cape Town today; African hubs tomorrow; a globally replicable model for circular living.
Year-One Ambitions
Single-use PPE was built to protect us, then discarded by the billions — bound for landfills, choking rivers, washing into oceans. We saw a thread where others saw trash.
ReMBrace intercepts that plastic AtSource, processes it into durable cord, and hands it to weavers who knot it into objects worth keeping — starting with the Solomon's Knot survival bracelet.
Worn on the wrist. Removed from the waterway. Kept out of the landfill.
Each ReMBrace is hand-woven using the Solomon's Knot — a centuries-old survival weave that unravels into several feet of utility cord. Quietly useful. Loudly considered.

The original three R's ask people to do the work for free. ReMBrace adds two more — Reward for the hands that collect and weave, and Repurpose so the material never stops earning. Waste to Worth. Waste to Wear.
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Intercept PPE and plastic waste AtSource — before it reaches landfills, oceans and waterways.
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Sterilise, shred and re-spin the recovered plastic into resilient, upcycled cord.
03
Hand-woven by informal artisans into Solomon's Knot survival bracelets — knot by knot.
04
Informal collectors and weavers earn fractional tokens and royalties — dignified work, not charity.
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Trade the bracelet back. The cord is re-spun, re-woven, re-issued — the worth keeps circulating.
Waste is overlooked because it is associated with the people who handle it. Change the material's story and you change theirs.
ReMBrace re-frames the entire chain — Waste to Worth, Waste to Wear — turning informal collection and weaving into recognised, rewarded, on-chain livelihoods.
Economic relief for the people. Material relief for the planet. The same act, the same chain.
Every ReMBrace is paired with a digital token — a verifiable record of the plastic it rescued, the weave it carries, and the value it holds.
Aesthetic worth on the wrist. Financial worth on-chain. The same gram of plastic, kept in circulation instead of landfill — indefinitely.
Aesthetic
Hand-woven object, made to be worn and kept.
Provenance
Token-traced from waste stream to wrist.
Financial
Tradable digital twin holds and accrues value.
Circular
Trade it back. The cord is re-spun, never landfilled.
Five stages, one closed loop. Plastic recovered from waterways is woven into a bracelet, sold with its digital twin, traded or bartered between wearers, and traced — on-chain — back to source for re-spinning. Nothing is landfilled. Everyone in the loop is paid.

Each ReMBrace carries a unique chain code — a blockchain-anchored string that records every hand the material passed through, from gutter to garment.
Fractional tokens are minted against that chain and distributed to the people and partners who made the piece possible. They keep earning royalties every time the bracelet — or its token — changes hands.
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Registered waste pickers earn a fractional share for every gram of plastic they divert from landfills, oceans and waterways.
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Opt-in households that sort and surrender their plastic waste are tokenised into the same chain — their bin becomes their stake.
03
Partners who shred, sterilise and re-spin the plastic into upcycled PPE-grade cord earn ownership of the material they transform.
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Informal artisans who knot the cord into Solomon's Knot bracelets retain fractional ownership and royalties on every piece they weave.
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Brands that feed recyclable waste in — or sell the finished ReMBrace out — register on-chain and share in the circular upside.
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You. Holding the bracelet means holding the chain — and the right to trade it back into circulation, never to landfill.
One chain, one code
A single blockchain string ties collector, household, recycler, weaver, producer and wearer to the same piece of plastic — and pays each of them, forever.
Every gram, fully traced
Each piece of waste is logged from the moment it's lifted off the ground. That record stays attached to the cord — physically and on-chain — for the life of the product.
Two low-cost, hi-tech methods carry the code into the weave: a unique colour-coded thread spun into the cord, and an optional RFID strand knotted invisibly inside. Tap, scan or read the colour — the full chain reveals itself.
Every picker, household, recycler, weaver, producer and wearer is minted into the same chain — not as a record of a transaction, but as a strand of the rope. Cut one and the weave fails. The protocol is engineered so the network is only ever as strong as its weakest link, and so every link is paid to stay strong.
Live ledger sample
BLOCK #082,441 STRAND 0x9f…a3c4 ↳ collect 0.214 kg HDPE +12 $WORTH → picker.eth ↳ recycle nurdle batch B7 +08 $WORTH → plant.za ↳ extrude strand #44,210 +04 $WORTH → loom.ai ↳ weave knot 7×7 +18 $WORTH → weaver.ke ↳ mint ReMBrace #1,872 → NFT vault ↳ resale royalty 7.5% → entire chain STATUS ✓ chain intact · weakest-link bonded
The sum of its parts
Strand 01
Picker
0.0142 $WORTH / gram
soulbound · non-transferable
Strand 02
Household
0.0061 $WORTH / gram
soulbound · non-transferable
Strand 03
Recycler
0.0210 $WORTH / gram
soulbound · non-transferable
Strand 04
Weaver
0.0388 $WORTH / gram
soulbound · non-transferable
Strand 05
Producer
0.0125 $WORTH / gram
soulbound · non-transferable
Strand 06
Wearer
0.0174 $WORTH / gram
soulbound · non-transferable
Each role is issued a soulbound badge (non-tradeable ERC-5192) that proves they are part of this specific strand. If any badge in a chain goes inactive — a picker stops collecting, a weaver leaves — yields automatically rebalance to keep the rope taut. No link is expendable.
ERC-20 · Reward Utility
$WORTH
The work coin.
A utility reward token minted gram-by-gram as waste enters the chain. Pickers and weavers earn $WORTH the same day they work — held in a self-custodial Web3 wallet and redeemable with partner retailers or swappable on-DEX. Not a stablecoin, not an investment: a receipt for work done.
non-pegged utility token · settled on Base L2
ERC-721 · Collectible
ReMBrace NFT
The bracelet, on-chain.
Every physical ReMBrace mints a paired ERC-721 NFT containing its full chain code, RFID hash, weaver signature and traceability dossier. Resell, regift, or pass it down — the NFT travels with the object, and 7.5% of every secondary sale flows back to the original strand.
metadata on IPFS · royalties enforced via EIP-2981
ERC-5192 · Soulbound
Strand Badge
Proof you are the rope.
Non-transferable identity tokens for every participant. They unlock voting power in the ReMBrace DAO, gate access to the picker-rewards pool, and prove provenance for brand partners. You don't own a strand — you are the strand.
non-transferable · revocable only by DAO vote
The cycle never closes
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Collect
Waste lifted → block minted, picker wallet credited in $WORTH the same minute.
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Recycle
Nurdles produced → batch hash anchored, recycler co-owns the strand forever.
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Reproduce
Loom AI extrudes pattern → weaver signs the knot, NFT pre-mint locked to the cord.
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Purchase
Wearer scans RFID → NFT transfers, chain pays out, soulbound badge issued.
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Regift
Bracelet changes hands → 7.5% royalty cascades back through every original strand.
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Repair
Worn cord returned → re-shredded into the next batch, prior NFT burns into a new one.
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Re-mint
Same plastic, new piece, new block — provenance compounds, never resets.
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Forever
The strand keeps earning. Gift, resale, recycle — the chain outlives the object.
A Web3 wallet in every pocket
ReMBrace issues a self-custodial smart-wallet (ERC-4337 account abstraction) to every participant via a phone number — no seed phrases, no gas fees, no crypto literacy required. Pickers redeem $WORTH at partner merchants or swap on-DEX. Wearers connect MetaMask, Rainbow or Coinbase. Same chain, different doors.
picker.eth · strand 0x9f…a3c4
418.62 $WORTH
redeemable with partner merchants
We are only ever as strong as our weakest link — so we pay the weakest link first.
The schema below is the operating system underneath ReMBrace. Every participant, every gram, every reward — issued, verified and settled on a shared chain. This is what makes Rethink · Reduce · Reuse · Recycle · Reward enforceable, not aspirational.
Ecosystem Architecture
Five horizontal layers, one shared chain. Consumers, collectors, recyclers, biogas operators and upcyclers all transact against the same block — and every transaction emits ◈ $RMB tokens back to the participants who created the value.
Participant Identity Model
A role prefix plus an 8-character hash derived from verified KYC/registration data. Readable in audit, unforgeable on-chain.
| Role | ID Format | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Consumer | RMB-C-[hash8] | RMB-C-4AF2E91C |
| Collector | RMB-COL-[hash8] | RMB-COL-B3D71A20 |
| Recycler | RMB-REC-[hash8] | RMB-REC-9C08F5AB |
| Biogas / Farm operator | RMB-OP-[hash8] | RMB-OP-2E4D6B77 |
| Partner store | RMB-PTR-[hash8] | RMB-PTR-7F1C03E5 |
| NGO / Charity | RMB-NGO-[hash8] | RMB-NGO-A56B2D1F |
Block Structure · DNA of every transaction
{
"block_id": "RMB-TX-[uuid]",
"prev_hash": "sha256 of previous block",
"timestamp": "ISO8601",
"participant_id": "RMB-C-4AF2E91C",
"tx_type": "WASTE_DIVERSION | PURCHASE
| TOKEN_MINT | REDEEM | DONATE",
"waste_event": {
"category": "ORGANIC | PLASTIC | PAPER
| METAL | GLASS",
"sub_type": "food_scraps | PET | HDPE | ...",
"weight_kg": 4.2,
"gps_coords": [-33.9249, 18.4241],
"collector_id": "RMB-COL-B3D71A20",
"verified_by": "IoT_scale_serial + QR_scan",
"destination": "biogas | vermiculture
| pig_farm | recycler | upcycler"
},
"token_delta": {
"consumer_reward": 42,
"collector_reward": 18,
"recycler_reward": 12,
"platform_fee": 3
},
"merkle_root": "sha256 of all fields above"
}Every block is content-addressed, GPS-stamped and IoT-verified. Disputes are settled by replaying the merkle root — not by trusting the platform.
Token Reward Formula
consumer_reward = base_rate × kg × waste_multiplier × streak_bonus
| Waste type | Multiplier | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Metal | 3.0× | High commodity value |
| Plastic PET | 2.5× | High upcycle value, landfill harm |
| Plastic HDPE | 2.0× | Good recycled commodity |
| Mixed sorted | 1.8× | Rewards consumer sorting effort |
| Glass | 1.5× | Heavy, recyclable |
| Organic (wet) | 1.0× | High volume, lower processing value |
1 wk
1.0×
4 wks
1.1×
12 wks
1.25×
52 wks
1.5×
Streak bonuses for consecutive weeks of diversion — habit formation by design.
collector_reward = per_trip_flat + (kg × 0.4) + distance_km × 0.2
recycler_reward = minted on weighed arrival, tied to output yield (recycled / raw).
Technology Stack
The Impact Passport
Every consumer builds an evolving IMPACT_PASSPORT NFT — a visual record of total kg diverted, token history, streak records and waste-mix breakdown. It becomes a social object: shareable, flexable, tier-able. The virality engine of the circular economy.
Bronze
< 25 kg
Silver
25–100 kg
Gold
100–500 kg
Platinum
500 kg +
People will flex environmental impact the way they flex fitness data — and every flex pulls another gram of plastic out of the waterway.
Every gram diverted, every hand rewarded, every job created — written to the same chain that backs each ReMBrace. Numbers below grow as the weave grows.
Waste diverted
Recycled & upcycled
Repurposed
Pickers rewarded
Weavers rewarded
Jobs created
Pilot figures, year one. Each number is anchored to an on-chain receipt.
A fixed 5% of every ReMBrace sale — plus a share of every secondary token trade — is ring-fenced and auto-routed to charities and NPOs focused on recycling, waste diversion and community education about the inherent value locked inside what we throw away.
Every disbursement is published to the same chain that backs each bracelet. No middlemen. No PR theatre. Just receipts.
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Direct on-chain grants to community recyclers, river clean-up crews and waterway guardians.
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School fees, kit and tools for the children of registered pickers and weavers.
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Equipment, training and stipends for emerging informal-economy co-operatives.
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Schools programmes that teach the real, measurable worth of recycling and circular materials.
Founding beneficiary cohort
Marine and waterway clean-ups — rescuing wildlife from plastic and ghost-gear pollution.
River guardians — clean-ups, monitoring and youth education along the Liesbeek.
South Peninsula women's micro-enterprise start-up kits and skills training.
Sewing and reintegration for women on parole from Pollsmoor Prison.
Cape Town artisan collective — responsibly made goods, dignified work.
Cape Town NPO upholding women's rights through grassroots programmes.
Sisterhood, mentorship and opportunity for girls in under-resourced communities.
Women's Empowerment Network of SA — skills, advocacy and economic access.
Gender equality, active citizenry and community-led sustainable development.
Every gram of waste flows through five stages. At each stage, a block is signed, a payout is released, and $WORTH tokens land in the wallet of the person who did the work — pickers to wearers, all on the same chain.
Pickers · Households
PPE cord, HDPE, PPL handed to a verified hub. RFID strand & geo-tag minted.
Myplas · Atlantic · Supaplas
Wash, shred, extrude into nurdles. Polymer hash committed to the block.
Weavers · Loom AI
Nurdles spun into strands, woven into the Solomon's Knot. NFT pairs to RFID.
Wearer · Retail Partners
Sale closes. 5% auto-routed to NPO cohort. Wearer receives their first reward drop.
Wearer · Community
Resold, repaired or regifted. Provenance compounds, original makers earn again.
Pickers · Households
PPE cord, HDPE, PPL handed to a verified hub. RFID strand & geo-tag minted.
Myplas · Atlantic · Supaplas
Wash, shred, extrude into nurdles. Polymer hash committed to the block.
Weavers · Loom AI
Nurdles spun into strands, woven into the Solomon's Knot. NFT pairs to RFID.
Wearer · Retail Partners
Sale closes. 5% auto-routed to NPO cohort. Wearer receives their first reward drop.
Wearer · Community
Resold, repaired or regifted. Provenance compounds, original makers earn again.
Retail partners — Cape Union Mart, K-Way, Sealand, Versus, Freedom of Movement and more — accept $WORTH as a checkout reward. Scan, deduct, settle. Same plumbing as a card-linked offer, only the balance is on-chain and the value was earned from waste you helped divert.
The Solomon's Knot bracelet drops first. Bag straps, belts, lanyards and handbag handles roll out next — every piece woven from upcycled PPE cord and chain-coded on-chain.
Every piece ships with its chain code and digital token — verifiable from waste source to wrist. 5% of every sale routes on-chain to recycling & community NPOs including Save A Fishie and other organisations in the fight to reduce waste and pollution.
Recycled PP, HDPE and PET arrive as nurdles, are heated and extruded into coloured strands. Loom AI converts a brand brief, team kit or national flag into a manufacturable colour sequence — hex codes, polymer choice, repeat length and RFID marker positions — exported as a JSON spec that drives the splicing line directly.
Your generated colour sequence, polymer mix and machine-ready JSON spec will appear here.
Sorted PP, HDPE and PET waste is washed, shredded and pelletised into nurdles by polymer family.
Nurdles are heated and extruded into continuous coloured strands — vivid PP, matte HDPE, jewel PET.
The JSON spec drives the splicing rig: which strand, which length, which RFID marker, in order.
We don't build a parallel system — we plug into the best of South Africa's recycling and retail networks, then put every handshake on-chain.
Recycling & extrusion partners — Cape Town
ISO 9001:2015. Sorting, washing, grinding and extrusion of HDPE, LDPE & PP into recycled pellets.
Est. 1986. Collection, grading and high-quality LLDPE/LDPE/HDPE pellets.
PP, HDPE, LDPE and PET post-industrial scrap — Bellville South.
Washing, drying, granulation, densification & extrusion — Parow.
LDPE, mixed and clear plastics processed into recycled pellets.
Retail & brand collaborations
Adventure SKUs with local storytelling and in-store recycling drop-offs.
Hiking, climbing and gear-accessory editions.
Limited-edition wilderness bracelets matched to gear lines.
Joint capsule upcycled product ranges.
Matching sets — sock + ReMBrace — in team colourways.
Urban survival wear, utility meets fashion.
Bicycle and delivery-bag kits made with ReMBrace straps.
Shared mission — bracelets that clean the sea and tell the story.
Discussions in progress. Each confirmed partnership is published on-chain with terms and impact metrics.
Pick a weave, dial in your wrist, choose your colours. The studio calculates the exact length of recycled-plastic cord (in cm) we'll extrude on the Loom — strand by strand — so nothing is wasted.
Two mirrored Solomon's Knots run back-to-back for a wider, sculpted band. The signature ReMBrace silhouette — your accent colours pop along the spine.
Finished band length: 19 cm (wrist + 2 cm comfort & buckle ease).
Saved to your browser. We'll fetch the spec when you submit the order form below.
Commission a ReMBrace in custom colourways — national flags, club kits, school stripes, brand palettes, family crests. Tell us the brief and our weavers will quote your piece.
A short film following a single strand of reclaimed plastic — from a coastline, through the hands of a collector, a recycler, a weaver, to the wrist of the wearer. See the ReMBrace ecosystem in motion.
Share your name, email & mobile to unlock instant playback.
A 6-page comprehensive deck — the global problem, the ReMBrace vision, the ecosystem map, year-one projections, partnership opportunities and the investment case.
Drop your email to download — instant access (PDF, 6 pages).