South Africa, July 1 -- The retail concept model helps reduce plastic waste by allowing shoppers to refill essential goods, such as cooking oil, maize meal, sugar and cleaning products, using their containers, offering significant cost savings for lower-income households.

Sonke is a technology startup that designs, manufactures and manages internet of things (IoT)-enabled automated refill stations. Sonke's exclusive back-end software provides full traceability of stock movement through the supply chain from receipt through dispatch, machine restocking and sale to the shopper.

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