How it works
Every Peniang cleanup starts with someone reporting a piece of pollution and ends with a verified clean site, paid workers, and a public record anyone can audit. Here's exactly what happens in between.
STEP 1 — REPORTS
When you submit a pollution photo through the app or the web, our computer-vision pass categorises it into one of four buckets. Each bucket has its own response — most don't open a funding campaign at all.
A bin overflow, a small pile, a fly-tipped bag. Routed straight to the marketplace pickup queue — a Peniang collector takes it on their normal route. Reporter earns a small platform credit on completion. No funding campaign.
A municipal or concessioned bin that isn't being emptied on schedule. Notified to the responsible operator via the partnership channel and recorded on the municipal dashboard. We don't open funding because it's not Peniang's job to pay — but if the failure becomes chronic, ops can reclassify.
A site too big for one collector — illegal dumping, market overflow, drain blockage, abandoned waste. Routed to a CleanupProject draft, opens the authorisation workflow with the local municipality, and once authorised, opens public funding.
Medical waste, suspected hazardous chemicals, electrical fire risk. Escalated to ops and the relevant agency immediately. Not funded through Peniang — handled by specialist services with the right equipment.
STEP 2 — FUNDING
When you contribute to a cleanup project, your money never sits in Peniang's accounts. It moves through a licensed escrow partner, gets disbursed to specific people and vendors only after verified completion, and every step shows up on the project's public ledger.
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Ops triages an illegal-dump report, builds a defensible budget from our costing engine (labour, equipment, transport, disposal, organiser fee, contingency), and seeks municipal authorisation.
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Donations flow through Stripe (cards) or Campay (mobile money) into a regulated escrow account. While the project is awaiting authorisation, contributions are held as pledges — no charge yet.
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Authorised, funded projects assemble a workforce — gig workers, off-duty collectors, NGO volunteers, partner companies. Before-photos, weight tickets, supervisor sign-off all collected on site.
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Once verification gates pass (next section), escrow releases automatically — workers paid, partners paid, recyclers credited. Every outflow has a provider transaction reference on the public ledger.
STEP 3 — VERIFICATION
A project doesn't move to verified — and escrow doesn't disburse — until every one of these gates passes. They're the same checklist for every project regardless of size.
STEP 4 — INCENTIVES
Peniang's wedge is that civic cleanup only becomes routine when every party in the chain has something to gain. Cash, materials, branding, data, or attribution — never zero.
Reporter
Earns a small platform credit when their report leads to a completed pickup or cleanup. Anonymous reporters can claim credits later by linking an account.
Donor
Earns a public attribution (or anonymity if preferred), a verified transaction reference on the ledger, and impact data they can share.
Volunteer
Earns hours logged toward a public profile, optional stipend, and platform credentials that count when applying for paid roles later.
Gig worker
Earns cash via mobile money on completion, project-by-project. Platform-rated workers move up the priority queue for the next gig.
Collection company
Earns the recovered recyclable materials at preferential terms, plus ESG attribution they can use in their own reporting. Provides truck, fuel, weighing scale.
Recycling company
Earns feedstock at the standard buy-back rate, sourced and weighed for them, plus ESG attribution.
NGO / association
Earns a small organising fee from the project budget plus public attribution on the project page.
Municipality
Earns operational data on its own dashboard — pollution density, response coverage, partner performance — plus optional B2G subscription tier.
Peniang
Earns a transparent platform fee (typically 7%, listed in the project's budget breakdown) for coordination, escrow, verification, and ongoing platform operation.
Browse projects funding right now or report a piece of pollution near you. Neither needs an account.