Consumer take-back app
Textile take-back,one scan away.
tcycled is the consumer app for Artus take-back. People bag the clothes they no longer wear, scan the code on the bag and send it back. Artus sorts every piece by hand and records where it went.
Free on iPhone and Android, in English and German.
How tcycled works
One bag.A full circle.
Pack the bag, scan the code on the cap and send it back. Artus weighs every bag in Bad Oldesloe, sorts each piece by hand and sends it to the best use it still has.
- PackPeople fill a tcycled bag with clothes and shoes they no longer wear.
- ScanThey scan the code on the bag's cap, and the app registers the return.
- SendThe bag goes back with the shop's return label, or is handed in at a store.
- SortArtus weighs every bag on arrival and sorts each 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, and Loops can be spent on them.Then the loop starts again.
What people get back
- A voucher from the brand as soon as the 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 their country.
For brands and retailers
Take-back customersactually use.
tcycled runs under your brand and on Artus's sorting. Customers get a reason to come back, and you get the numbers producer responsibility asks for.
- Take-back online and in storeBags ship in your parcels, customers get a free label for their own box in the app, and your stores accept bags at the till.
- Vouchers that come back as salesThe voucher is issued at the carrier's first scan or at the till, and it is spent in your shop.
- Reporting-ready data in artusNetEvery bag's weight, categories and outcomes are recorded per brand and country, ready for EPR and ESPR reporting.
On tcycled.app
See it from thecustomer's side.
The tcycled website explains the service to consumers, from what goes in the bag to what each piece becomes.
How it worksWhat goes in the bag, how the cap works and three ways to send it back.
Second lifeWhere every piece goes, always in the order of the waste hierarchy.
Try the appA clickable version of the real app: scan a bag, follow it and open a voucher.
The campaignThe launch campaign: breakup letters to clothes, posters and a story ad.