Erica Sandberg is a Swedish-Tanzania environment activist who has designed an eco-friendly re-usable bag for grocery shopping and any other use (multi-purpose bag). By using this bag, customers will eliminate the use of plastic bags and eventually keep their environment clean. Bags are available in Sweden as well as in Tanzania. For more information contact her on instagram @_duniani or email her at duniani.se@outlook.com
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MTSB: Hi Erica, tell us a little bit about yourself.
MTSB: What
does the company do?
MTSB: Which
projects is Duniani doing in Sweden at the moment?
MTSB: What kind of research have you done and how can Duniani assist in bettering the environment?
MTSB: Hi Erica, tell us a little bit about yourself.
Erica: I am a happy, social and driven person. I
love to work with my company Duniani. I love to exercise, I love food, to travel,
reading and to watch movies. I was born in Tanzania Dar es salaam. My father is
Swedish and my mother is Tanzanian. Me and my father and my little sister moved
to Sweden in 1999. My mother still lives in Tanzania. Today, I am 30 years old
and I try to travel to Tanzania once per year. I work as a seller at H&M
and I also work as a business consult at Drivhuset. Drivhuset helps young
people to start and make their ideas come true.
MTSB: What is Duniani? And why did you give it that name?
Erica: Duniani means “in the world” in Swahili. I liked the word because it uses
in many different countries. Arabic, Turkish and Swahili. The word is
understandable in different languages.
Many countries in the world have problems
with their waste. So the name is associated in many countries who have problems
with the waste. Littering of the waste is a big problem in many countries.
Erica: Duniani is selling eco-friendly reusable
bags. The money goes to an environment project that I wish to build in Tanzania.
The project is about creating awareness in how to sort and recycle our waste
and also to use the energy from waste (when burning burnable waste to make
electricity and hot water in the villages).
1. MTSB: When
did you start this project?
Erica: About 2 years ago. April 2015.
Erica: At the moment, Duniani company is spreading
the awareness about keeping out environment clean. Selling the bags to companies
and private people. Joining different events to market Duniani products. At the
moment, I am working on building my website so that I can sell the bags online and people from other countries as well as in Sweden can find and buy them.
1. MTBS: What
do you plan to do in Tanzania?
Erica: My plan is to sell the bags in Tanzania. To
make people awareness about the environment. To start my workshops in sorting
and recycling. Tell people how important is to take care of our waste in a good
way.
To find people who want to help to work
with this project and to find a place to build a Duniani recycling
station. A place to be able to sort different materials like paper, plastic,
iron, food (to make bio-gas) and burnable waste. The energy from burnable waste
makes electricity and hot water.
MTSB: What kind of research have you done and how can Duniani assist in bettering the environment?
Erica: Earlier this year I was in Tanzania and I went to the biggest dump-site in Dar es Salaam (Pugu), and it was a sad site to see.
We know that plastic bags are the main
cause of littering. Plastics kill our animals on land and in the ocean. The use
of plastic is a major problem and you can be sure to find plastic waste
everywhere.
People have forgotten that this is our
waste and we have to take care and to control it. Unfortunately, people don’t know
and also don’t care about the safest way of getting rid of waste.
But we know for a fact that dumping it
anywhere will not make it better. We have to act now.
Did you know that it takes 400 years for a
plastic bag to decompose? If we don’t take care of our waste, there will be
more plastic and other wastes In our ocean than fish in year 2050.
The dumping sites that we have today are
not pro-environment or healthy. The dumping sites themselves are destroying our
earth, water and the air. Animals eat in these areas and diseases are
spreading. Our Children get diarrhea and fall sick from other contaminated
diseases because of these dumpsites.
To my opinion, open dumping sites should
not exist. if we take care and act responsibly with our own waste, we can make products
then use the same waste to remake a new product. If we need to keep our world safe
for the future generation, starting by using reusable bags like duniani bag
will eventually lead to staying in a clean environment.
1.
MTSB: How
much does a Duniani bag cost in retail price?
Erica: In Sweden I have two different prices.
For company we sell in whole sale, minimum 50 pieces of bags for 4
dollars each. Then for retail it's 8 dollar each.
1. MTSB: What
benefits will someone get by buying these bags
in bulk?
Erica: Apart from helping to keep the environment clean. A person or a company who buys 50 pieces for 4 dollar each 4x50= total is 200 dollars. He can sell forward for 8 dollars each. 8x50 = 400
dollar. He will return his investment of 200 dollars back and get 200 dollars in profit.
But of course you could always buy more than 50
pieces.
1. MTSB: How
can someone get hold of the Duniani bags?
Phone:
+46735051468 Webbsite duniani.se in
progress.
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