Aobag

Aobag (奥北环保) is a Chinese waste-sorting and recycling platform that targets both institutional and residential settings. Per a 2019 FreeS Fund piece, it operates two models: closed-loop sites for schools and government offices that serve an educational function, and open community drop-off points—20-square-meter unmanned spaces with 24/7 member access—where it tries to make source-separated recycling a user-driven habit . FreeS Fund, which invested in Aobag's angel round alongside JD.com and had already backed its seed round, has described the company as part of its ESG portfolio; as of 2021, Aobag reported assisting over 26,000 households and 552 institutions in recycling 1,214 tons of materials, translating to roughly 2,270 tons of CO2-equivalent emissions avoided . The firm's founder and CEO is Wang Jianchao (汪建超), who in a 2018 FreeS year-end feature framed the startup's first year as a story of the team pushing beyond their comfort zones to build something entirely new .