It's not goodbye.

Bag the clothes you've outgrown, scan the cap and send them back with the return label you already have. Your voucher is ready the moment the carrier scans the bag.

Get the app How it works

Free on iPhone and Android. Run by Artus in Bad Oldesloe.

Pack. Scan. Send.

That's the whole manual. No forms, no printer and no trip to the container on the corner.

Pack
Clothes and shoes you no longer wear. Clean and dry, in any condition.
Scan
Point the app at the code on the cap. The bag is now yours.
Send
With your shop's return label, in your own box, or over the counter at a store.
Get rewarded
A voucher at the first scan. Loops and a donation once the bag is weighed.

How it works What goes in the bag

Your voucher arrives before your bag does.

Other take-back schemes pay out weeks later, if they pay at all. tcycled pays at the carrier's first scan, so your old jeans are paying for the new ones while they're still in the van.

Loomwell €10 off your next order, online or in store

LW10 4F7K H8TA

Issued at the first carrier scanBag 4F7K-2M9Q-H8TA

You scan the capThe bag is registered to you. Nobody else can claim it.
The carrier scans the bagYour voucher is in your wallet. Right then.
Artus weighs itLoops arrive, and 1 ct per kg goes to our charity partner.

The app that thanks you for letting go.

Follow every bag from your hallway to its second life, keep your vouchers in one wallet and see what your clothes became.

Scan, even offlineNo signal in the cellar? The scan is saved and sent later.
One wallet for every voucherShow the code at the checkout or use it online.
See where it wentReused, refashioned or recycled, and we show you the split.

Tour the app

tcycled home screen showing a bag on its way and Loops

Impact screen with kilos returned and water saved

Breakups are easier with a voucher.

Our launch campaign writes goodbye letters to the clothes we've outgrown, then gives them a second life.

See the campaign Write a breakup letter

#notgoodbyekeinAbschied

We had a good run.Wir hatten einen guten Lauf.

Now they get a second one.Jetzt bekommen sie einen zweiten.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied. Get the appApp holen

#notgoodbyekeinAbschied

It's not you. It's the waist.Es liegt nicht an dir. Es liegt am Bund.

Breakups are easier with €10 off the next pair.Trennungen fallen leichter mit 10 € Rabatt auf die nächste.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied. Get the appApp holen

#notgoodbyekeinAbschied

Let's see other people.Lass uns offen für andere sein.

It still has Saturdays ahead. Just not with you.Es hat noch viele Samstage vor sich. Nur nicht mit dir.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied. Get the appApp holen

Built for brands that have to take clothes back.

By April 2028 every EU country must run producer responsibility for textiles. tcycled turns that duty into a reason for customers to come back.

tcycled for brands

Take-back online and in store. Bags in your parcels, hand-in at your checkouts.
Vouchers that come back as sales. Issued at the first scan, spent in your shop.
EPR and ESPR data. Weights and outcomes per brand and country, ready to report.
One API. artusNet connects your shop to Artus's sorting in Bad Oldesloe.

How it works

How to break up with your clothes.

Kindly, and with a voucher. Here's what goes in the bag, how the cap works and three ways to send it back.

Give your clothes a second life.

Pack the bag, scan it and send it back. We sort every piece by hand and show you where it goes.

PackFill a tcycled bag with clothes and shoes you no longer wear.
ScanScan the code on the bag's cap. The app registers your return.
SendSend it with your shop's return label, or drop it at a store.
SortWe weigh your bag when it arrives and sort every piece by hand.
ReusePieces in good shape are worn again by someone new.
RefashionWhat can't be worn as it is gets repaired or made into new pieces.
RecycleWhat can't be repaired is recycled fibre to fibre into new yarn.
- Other productsFibres too short to spin become insulation and cleaning cloths.
- Energy recoveryOnly for wet or mouldy items that can't be sorted safely.
New clothesRecycled fibre comes back in new clothes. Spend your Loops on them.Then the loop starts again.

What comes back to you

A voucher from your shop as soon as your bag is on its way.
1 Loop for every bag that arrives, to spend on recycled products.
1 ct for every kg goes to the charity partner in your country.

See where each piece goes

What goes in

Clean and dry, in any condition. Torn, faded and hopelessly out of fashion are all welcome.

ClothesTops, trousers, knitwear
ShoesTied together in pairs
Jackets and coatsZipped or buttoned up
Bags and beltsPockets emptied first
Children's clothesThey grow, we sort
AccessoriesHats, scarves and gloves

Please keep out

Wet or mouldy items
Single shoes
Bedding and towels
Curtains
Toys
Books
Umbrellas
Small appliances
Cosmetics
Annoying relatives

Pack the bag

Tap everything that belongs in a tcycled bag.

Your bag is empty.

The cap is the clever bit.

Every tcycled bag has its own code on the cap. Scan it once and the bag is yours, along with everything it earns.

12 charactersPrinted under the code, in case the camera can't read it. No O, I, L or U, so nothing gets mixed up.
One bag, one ownerThe first scan registers the bag to you. Nobody else can claim its voucher.
Works offlineNo signal in the cellar? The scan is saved and sent when you're back online.

Three ways to send it back.

Pick whatever is closest. However it travels, your voucher is ready at the first scan.

With a return label

Put the bag in your next return parcel, or send it on its own with your shop's free return label.

Voucher at the carrier's first scan

At a store

Hand it in at the checkout. Staff scan the cap and your voucher is ready before you leave.

Voucher on the spot

NorthfoldBad Oldesloe, Markt

0.6 km

LoomwellLübeck, old town

24 km

KleidhausHamburg, city centre

41 km

In your own box

No tcycled bag yet? Pack any box, get a free label in the app and drop it at a parcel shop.

Label in the app

What you get back.

Three rewards at three moments. You don't have to do anything for any of them.

At the carrier's first scan

A voucher

From the shop you bought from, straight into your wallet. Use it online or show it at the checkout.

When your bag is weighed

Loops

1 Loop for every bag. Three Loops take €5 off a product made with recycled fibre.

Every quarter

1 ct per kg

goes to our charity partner in your country. We transfer it every quarter and publish the receipts.

Questions, answered.

Does it cost anything?

No. The bag, the label and the app are free.

How do I get a tcycled bag?

Ask for one when you order from a partner shop, at the checkout or in the app, and it comes in your parcel. No bag yet? Use your own box with a free label from the app.

When do I get my voucher?

As soon as the carrier scans your bag for the first time, or when store staff scan the cap. Usually that's the day you send it.

My clothes are torn or stained. Can I still send them?

Yes, as long as they're clean and dry. Damaged pieces are repaired, remade or recycled into new fibre.

Can I send shoes?

Yes, tied together in pairs. A single shoe can't be worn again, so please keep those out.

Where do my clothes go?

To Artus in Bad Oldesloe, where every bag is weighed and sorted by hand. See what happens next.

What are Loops?

You get 1 Loop for every bag that arrives. Spend three Loops for €5 off a product made with recycled fibre.

Second life

Every piece gets the best life it still has.

Every bag is weighed and sorted by hand in Bad Oldesloe. Each piece goes to the best use it still has, always in the same order, and the app shows you where yours went.

From your hallway to its next owner.

Your hallwayYou fill the bag and scan the cap.
On its wayThe carrier's first scan unlocks your voucher.
WeighedArtus weighs the bag in Bad Oldesloe. Loops and the donation follow.
Sorted by handTrained sorters pick the best next use for every piece.
Second lifeWorn again, remade or spun into new fibre.

In this order. Always.

Reuse comes first, because nothing new has to be made. Recycling comes next. Energy recovery is only for what nothing else can save.

ReuseWorn again as second-hand

Pieces that can be worn again are sold as second-hand clothing.

It's the best outcome, because the water and energy that went into making them keep working.

RefashionRepaired or remade by partner workshops

A broken zip, a missing button or a small tear sends a piece to a partner workshop.

It comes back repaired, or remade into something new, like a bag or a patchwork jacket.

New fibreRecycled into fibre for new clothes

Worn-out pieces of suitable material are shredded and spun into new yarn.

That yarn goes into new clothes, closing the loop. You can spend Loops on products made with it.

Other productsInsulation, cleaning cloths, filling

Fibre that can't become clothing again becomes insulation, cleaning cloths or filling.

It replaces new material in products that last for years.

Energy recoveryOnly for wet or mouldy items

Wet or mouldy items can't be sorted safely, so they're used to make energy.

That's why we ask for clean, dry clothes: it keeps this tier as small as possible.

Follow a piece.

Pick something from your wardrobe and see where it could go next.

Your old jeans

Denim is tough. Jeans that arrive whole usually still fit someone.

ReuseIf they still fit someone, they're sold as second-hand.
RefashionA broken zip or a torn knee goes to a partner workshop.
New fibreWorn thin, the cotton is spun into yarn for new denim.

Clothes with a memory.

The EU is bringing digital product passports to clothing. Pieces made with tcycled fibre can point back to the returns they came from, so the next owner knows the story.

Product passportTRC-2026-001842

Denim jacket

Recycled content: 20% recycled cotton
Fibre from: tcycled returns, sorted in Bad Oldesloe
Brand: Northfold
Next life: Send it back with tcycled

Sample record. Scan the label on the garment to open the real one.

How we count.

Weighed, not guessed

Every bag is weighed when it arrives. Your impact is calculated from your own kilos, not an average bag.

Sources next to numbers

Water and CO₂e come from published figures per kilo of reused clothing. The app shows the source under every number.

Rounded on purpose

About 98,400 litres, not 98,437.2. Honest numbers don't need decimals.

The app

One app for every goodbye.

Scan bags, follow returns, keep vouchers and see what your clothes became. Free on iPhone and Android, in English and German.

Point your camera here
to get the app.

Scan screen aiming at the code on a bag's cap

Where your clothes went, split by reuse, refashion and recycling

Try it right here.

This is the real app design, and it's clickable. Tap the tabs, open a voucher, follow a bag. Or jump straight to a screen.

Now showing Home

Sample data, with placeholder partner names. The app screens are in English; Welcome and Home also come in German.

Have a look around.

The screens you'll use most. Swipe, or use the arrows.

**Home**Your bags, Loops and vouchers at a glance.

**Tracking**From your door to the scale in Bad Oldesloe.

**Voucher ready**At the carrier's first scan, not weeks later.

**At the checkout**Show the code, or let staff scan it.

**Store drop-off**Opening hours and directions to hand-in points.

**Get a bag**Ask for one with your next order.

**Your own box**A free label for any box you have.

**Your impact**Kilos, water and CO₂e, with sources.

**Where it went**The split between reuse, refashion and recycling.

**Product passport**The story behind recycled fibre.

**Dark mode**Follows your phone, day and night.

Small things, done properly.

Scan works offline

The scan is saved on your phone and sent the moment you're back online.

Deutsch and dark mode

The app follows your phone's language and appearance.

Push that knows its place

One message per event, and nothing between 21:00 and 08:00.

Vouchers in your wallet

Add a voucher to Apple Wallet or Google Wallet and it's there at the checkout.

Your bag, on the lock screen.

A Live Activity follows the bag from your door to the scale. Widgets keep your Loops and kilos in sight.

tcycled€10 ready

Your bag is on its way

RegisteredOn its wayArrivedWeighed

3Loops€5 off recycled fibre

24 kgreturnedAbout 98,400 l of water

Launch campaign

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied.

A breakup campaign for clothes. Four letters to the pieces we've outgrown, and a voucher at the end of every relationship.

Write a breakup letter Play the story ad

Four breakups. One voucher each.

Posters for stations and bus stops. Each one is a letter to a piece of clothing, and each one ends the same way.

#notgoodbyekeinAbschied

We had a good run.Wir hatten einen guten Lauf.

Now they get a second one.Jetzt bekommen sie einen zweiten.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied. Get the appApp holen

Sneakers. Sprout, the brightest colour we have, for the shoes that ran the most.

#notgoodbyekeinAbschied

It's not you. It's the waist.Es liegt nicht an dir. Es liegt am Bund.

Breakups are easier with €10 off the next pair.Trennungen fallen leichter mit 10 € Rabatt auf die nächste.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied. Get the appApp holen

Jeans. Sky blue, and the line people quote back to us.

#notgoodbyekeinAbschied

Let's see other people.Lass uns offen für andere sein.

It still has Saturdays ahead. Just not with you.Es hat noch viele Samstage vor sich. Nur nicht mit dir.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied. Get the appApp holen

Party dress. Coral, for the piece with the most stories.

#notgoodbyekeinAbschied

You were there for everything.Du warst immer für mich da.

Now be there for someone else.Jetzt bist du für jemand anderen da.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied. Get the appApp holen

Hoodie. Evergreen, the most tender letter of the four.

City light poster, 1185 × 1750 mmA1 for storesQR code to tcycled.app/get

Write a breakup letter to your clothes.

Pick a piece and a mood, and we'll write the letter. You decide whether it's really over.

The piece

The mood

Signed

Together since

Post it with #notgoodbye. Then give the real thing a second life.

#notgoodbye

It's not goodbye.

Four words on a billboard.

Big enough to read from a tram. The bag and the voucher tell the rest of the story.

Old jeans.
New voucher.Alte Jeans.
Neuer Gutschein.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied.

Digital out-of-home, 3:1Station screens and roadside

The bag is the ad.

Every bag that ships in a parcel carries the campaign into a home. In stores, a wobbler at the checkout shows the way.

Bag, front and back

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied.For the clothes you've outgrown.Für Kleidung, aus der du rausgewachsen bist.

Fill me. Scan my cap. Send me back.Füll mich. Scann mich. Schick mich zurück.Your voucher is ready at the first scan.Dein Gutschein ist beim ersten Scan bereit.

Sprout on loop green, so it reads from across the hallway.

At the checkout

Bags in, vouchers out.Beutel rein, Gutschein raus.Hand in your tcycled bag heretcycled-Beutel hier abgeben

A shelf wobbler next to the till, paired with the A3 poster "Bring your tcycled bag here."

The copy deck.

Every line in English and German, ready for the agency and the translators.

Piece	English	Deutsch	Where
Campaign line	It's not goodbye.	Kein Abschied.	Everywhere
Sneakers	We had a good run. Now they get a second one.	Wir hatten einen guten Lauf. Jetzt bekommen sie einen zweiten.	Poster, feed
Jeans	It's not you. It's the waist. Breakups are easier with €10 off the next pair.	Es liegt nicht an dir. Es liegt am Bund. Trennungen fallen leichter mit 10 € Rabatt auf die nächste.	Poster, story ad
Party dress	Let's see other people. It still has Saturdays ahead. Just not with you.	Lass uns offen für andere sein. Es hat noch viele Samstage vor sich. Nur nicht mit dir.	Poster
Hoodie	You were there for everything. Now be there for someone else.	Du warst immer für mich da. Jetzt bist du für jemand anderen da.	Poster, feed
Billboard	Old jeans. New voucher.	Alte Jeans. Neuer Gutschein.	Out-of-home, feed
Bag	Fill me. Scan my cap. Send me back.	Füll mich. Scann mich. Schick mich zurück.	Bag, back
In store	Bags in, vouchers out.	Beutel rein, Gutschein raus.	Wobbler
Sign-off	Wear. Return. Repeat.	Wear. Return. Repeat.	End cards, footer
Hashtag	#notgoodbye	#keinAbschied	Social

Radio, 20 seconds

SFX A sheet of paper unfolds.

Voice, a little awkward Dear jeans. We need to talk. It's not you. It's the waist.

Voice, warm Put the clothes you've outgrown in a tcycled bag, scan the cap and send it back. Your voucher is ready at the first scan.

Voice tcycled by artus. It's not goodbye.

Tease, launch, stay.

Two weeks beforeTease

Unsigned letters on social and in stations: "Dear jeans, we need to talk." No logo, just #notgoodbye.

Six weeksLaunch

Four posters, the billboard, story ads and feed posts. Wobblers and A3 posters in partner stores. The bag ships in every parcel.

From then onAlways on

The bag, store posters, push and email at the voucher moment, and your own goodbyes reposted under #notgoodbye.

For brands

Take-back that customers actually use.

tcycled gives your customers a reason to send clothes back, and gives you the numbers producer responsibility will ask for. Artus does the sorting.

Talk to us See the API

What you get.

A take-back programme under your name, run on Artus's sorting in Bad Oldesloe.

Take-back, online and in store

Bags in your parcels, own-box labels in the app and hand-in at your checkouts.

Vouchers that come back as sales

Issued at the first carrier scan or at the till, redeemed in your shop.

A bag with every order

Customers ask for a bag at checkout. You add it to the parcel, we track it from there.

Your brand in the app

A partner page, your vouchers in the wallet and your stores on the map.

EPR and ESPR data

Weights, categories and outcomes per brand and country, ready for your reporting.

Product passports

Link recycled content in new products back to the returns it came from.

How it connects.

artusNet sits between your systems and Artus's SAP. One connection covers take-back online and offline, EPR and ESPR.

The rules are coming. You'll have the numbers.

EU textile rules arrive in steps. tcycled records what you'll need for each one, from the first bag on.

1 Jan 2025Separate collectionEU countries must collect textiles separately from other waste.
Oct 2025Textile EPR becomes lawThe revised Waste Framework Directive enters into force.
19 Jul 2026No destroying unsold clothesThe ESPR ban applies to large companies.
2 Mar 2027One reporting formatDiscarded unsold products are reported in a standard EU format.
17 Apr 2028EPR in every member stateProducers pay for collecting and sorting the textiles they sell.
19 Jul 2030Medium-sized companies tooThe destruction ban extends to medium-sized companies.

Sources: EUWID Trustrace Beveridge & Diamond

One API, a few webhooks.

Add bags to orders, accept them at the till and hear about every step. Your shop stays the place where vouchers are spent.

POST /v1/bag-requestsAdd a tcycled bag to a customer's order.
POST /v1/own-box-labelsCreate a free label for a customer's own box.
POST /v1/store-dropoffsAccept a bag at your checkout and issue the voucher.
GET /v1/bags/{code}Public bag status for your site and your app.
return.in_transit, dropoff.accepted, return.weighedWebhooks for your CRM, checkout and reporting.

# A bag handed in at the till
POST /v1/store-dropoffs
{
  "bag_code": "4F7K-2M9Q-H8TA",
  "store_id": "LW-HH-014"
}

# 201 Created
{
  "status": "accepted",
  "voucher": {
    "value": "€10",
    "ready": true
  }
}

# Then, to your webhook
dropoff.accepted   voucher ready at the till
return.weighed     3.2 kg, +1 Loop

Let's talk take-back.

Tell us a little about your brand. The partnerships team at Artus in Bad Oldesloe gets back to you within two working days.

Brand book

A loop you can draw in one line.

The tcycled identity, out in the open: the mark, colour, type, backdrops, voice and motion. Warm like a letter, clear like a receipt.

The mark is a t that loops back.

A lowercase t whose tail swings round into a recycling arrow. The wordmark is always lowercase, and the endorsement reads "by artus".

Primary, on paper

Reversed, on evergreen

The mark alone, for the app icon and small spaces

Don'tStretch itScale the logo evenly, always.

Don'tRecolour itLoop green and ink, or one brand colour on another.

Don'tAdd effectsNo shadows, glows or outlines.

Don'tPut it on noiseUse paper, evergreen or sprout behind it.

Green you can trust. Sprout you can't miss.

Paper and evergreen carry most pages. Loop green acts, sprout celebrates, and tide and coral each have one job. Tap a colour to copy it.

How much of each

Paper Evergreen Loop Sprout

Data colours, in the order of the waste hierarchy

Reuse Refashion Closed loop Open loop Recovery

Type that can whisper or shout.

Bricolage Grotesque has three axes. Condensed and heavy for posters, wider and lighter in the app. Try it: the line below is editable.

It's not goodbye.

Weight 720

Width 76

Optical size 96

DisplayBricolage Grotesque

Headlines, numbers and posters.

TextFigtree

Everything you read: body copy, buttons and labels.

CodesDM Mono

Bag codes, voucher codes and data. Never for sentences.

Four backdrops, all alive.

Each one is drawn by code from a material: fibre, water, leaf and cloth. On this site they move. In print they hold still.

LoopFibre that never ends. Home and welcome moments.

TideRipples for tracking and things on the move.

LeafVeins for impact and second life.

WeaveTwill for brands and the shop floor.

Illustrations

Icons

We talk like a good ex.

Warm, a little funny, never guilt-tripping. Four things we always get across, and the words we use to say them.

EasyPack. Scan. Send.

One bag, one scan and the return label you already have.

RewardedYour old jeans just paid for part of the new ones.

A voucher from the shop you bought from, plus Loops.

RealReused, refashioned or recycled, and we show you the split.

Every number can be checked.

Good twiceEvery kilo you return also helps our charity partner.

1 ct per kg, with published receipts.

We say

return
bag
scan
voucher
Loops
pre-loved
reused, refashioned, recycled
about 98,400 l
Voucher ready

We avoid

recollection
coupon
token
waste
old rags
saved from landfill
98,437.2 l
Status 3
Processing…

Everything comes back.

Motion follows the product: things leave, return and settle. Hover or focus a card to play it.

Return

Out and back, settling gently like a bag landing in a box.

cubic-bezier(.2, .8, .2, 1), 600 ms

Draw

Lines draw themselves, like the thread through this site.

stroke, 1.6 s, ease out

€10 voucher ready

Pop

Good news rises into place. Rewards are the only thing that bounce.

rise 300 ms, hold, fade

Take it with you.

Copy what you need. The full kit, with every logo file, icon, illustration and backdrop, comes with the handoff.

Logo

The full logo as SVG, in loop green and ink.

Mark

The loop on its own, for icons and small spaces.

Design tokens

Colours, fonts and radii as CSS variables.

It's not goodbye.

Pack. Scan. Send.

Pack

Scan

Send

Get rewarded

Your voucher arrives before your bag does.

The app that thanks you for letting go.

Breakups are easier with a voucher.

We had a good run.Wir hatten einen guten Lauf.

It's not you. It's the waist.Es liegt nicht an dir. Es liegt am Bund.

Let's see other people.Lass uns offen für andere sein.

Built for brands that have to take clothes back.

How to break up with your clothes.

Give your clothes a second life.

What comes back to you

What goes in

Please keep out

Pack the bag

The cap is the clever bit.

Three ways to send it back.

With a return label

At a store

In your own box

What you get back.

A voucher

Loops

1 ct per kg

Questions, answered.

Every piece gets the best life it still has.

From your hallway to its next owner.

In this order. Always.

Follow a piece.

Your old jeans

Your sneakers

Your favourite hoodie

A party dress

A worn-out T-shirt

Clothes with a memory.

Denim jacket

How we count.

One app for every goodbye.

Try it right here.

Have a look around.

Small things, done properly.

Your bag, on the lock screen.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied.

Four breakups. One voucher each.

We had a good run.Wir hatten einen guten Lauf.

It's not you. It's the waist.Es liegt nicht an dir. Es liegt am Bund.

Let's see other people.Lass uns offen für andere sein.

You were there for everything.Du warst immer für mich da.

Write a breakup letter to your clothes.

Four words on a billboard.

Old jeans.New voucher.Alte Jeans.Neuer Gutschein.

Fifteen seconds. Five scenes.

Old jeans. New voucher.Alte Jeans. Neuer Gutschein.

The bag is the ad.

Bag, front and back

At the checkout

The copy deck.

Radio, 20 seconds

Tease, launch, stay.

Take-back that customers actually use.

What you get.

How it connects.

The rules are coming. You'll have the numbers.

One API, a few webhooks.

Let's talk take-back.

A loop you can draw in one line.

The mark is a t that loops back.

Green you can trust. Sprout you can't miss.

Type that can whisper or shout.

Four backdrops, all alive.

Illustrations

Icons

We talk like a good ex.

We say

We avoid

Everything comes back.

Old jeans.
New voucher.Alte Jeans.
Neuer Gutschein.