We Buy Clean Trash.
Turning recyclables into rewards.
Door side · picked up every week

We pay you
for your clean trash.

Separate your clean cans, bottles, and cardboard into pickup bags. Leave them door side and earn rewards with every pickup.

40+ yrsBuilt by operators with 40+ years in recycling and waste collection.
$10
gift card
per 4 wks
Sample household · 4 weeks
$11.74
earned · 16 bags returned
Aluminum · 6 lbs+$8.52
Plastic bottles · 4.2 lbs+$0.76
Cardboard · 18 lbs+$1.08
Glass · 22 lbs+$0.88
×2 weekly bonus+$0.50
Cash out anytimeAmazon · Walmart · Target · Visa · REI · 40+ more
Pilot
Launching summer 2026 in Oakland.We're showing the work as we build — early signups shape the routes, the bag design, and the rewards. Be one of the first 200 households.
In three steps

How it works.

Sign up once. We send you 20 bags. You fill them as you go. We come every week.

1
5 minutes · free

Get your first 10 bags free

We send your first box of 10 tagged bags on us. Bags arrive in 3 days. Reorder later for $8 — they pay for themselves in about 4 weeks.

2
As you go

Fill & set out

Clean, dry recyclables only. Tap “set out for pickup” the night before. Leave it at your designated pickup area.

3
Next day

Return & redeem

Points hit your account the next morning. Cash out to Amazon, Walmart, Visa — anytime.

Earn points with every pickup

What we take.

Rinse it. Let it dry. Drop it in the bag. Every clean item earns points — and a fully clean bag earns a bonus on top.

Aluminum Cans

120 pts
points per can
Soda · seltzer · beer cans

Plastic Bottles

40 pts
points per bottle
Water · soda · juice bottles

Milk Jugs

100 pts
points per jug
Milk · detergent · shampoo

Cardboard

25 pts
points per box
Flattened only · no wax coating

Glass Bottles

60 pts
points per bottle
Clear · brown · green bottles

Steel Cans

30 pts
points per can
Soup · food tins · empty aerosol

Paper

15 pts
points per stack
Newspaper · office · magazines

Clean Bag Bonus

+50 pts
points per bag
Awarded when your bag is sorted clean

1,000 points = $10 gift card. Point values shown are typical per item — actual points depend on bag weight and sort quality.

How bag-tagging works

Every bag has
a unique ID.

Normal recycling bags are anonymous — nobody can tell whose bag was clean and whose was contaminated. We print a QR code on every bag so weight, sort quality, and points all tie back to your account.

  1. 1

    Printed at the depot.

    Every sheet of 10 bags gets a fresh batch of QR IDs. The codes are printed on a thermal label so they survive rain, soda, and a week outside.

  2. 2

    Scanned at intake.

    When your bag arrives at the depot, we scan the code, weigh it, and rate sort quality. Everything — clean weight, contamination notes, photos — ties to your bag.

  3. 3

    Points tied to your account.

    Clean material credits your points balance the next morning. A bad bag gets a photo SMS so you can fix it for next week — no guessing.

Why this works

How we can pay you
for trash.

Recycling is only expensive when it's mixed. Clean, sorted commodities trade for real money. Here's the gap — and how we split it with you.

01

Single-stream is dirty.

Roughly 1 in 4 lbs of mixed-bin recycling is contaminated by food, liquid, or trash. Mixed loads get sold at a steep discount — or sent to landfill.

02

Clean streams are valuable.

Separated aluminum cans, plastic bottles, milk jugs, and cardboard sell at full market prices. The gap between dirty and clean is real money sitting at your door.

03

Bag-tagging closes the gap.

Every bag has a unique QR code. We trace contamination back to the source and coach residents — pulling the stream from ~25% contamination toward under 2%.

04

You share the upside.

That price gap is what pays you. No commission, no middlemen. Roughly half of every dollar we earn on commodities goes back to residents as gift cards.

“Clean material is worth real money. We just give it back to you.”
— The whole business model, in one sentence
What you can count on

Same day,
every week.

Door-side pickup is only useful if we show up. Here's what we commit to — and what happens when something goes sideways.

Pickup window
Thursdays · 6 AM – 2 PM

Set your bag at your door the night before. We text you a confirmation when it's been picked up.

Rain or shine
We pick up in any weather

Bags are sealable and weather-tested. If a storm forces a route delay, you'll get an SMS the morning of with the new window.

If we miss you
Free bag credit + same-week return

If we don't pick up your bag by the end of the window, we credit you a free bag and route a truck back within 48 hours.

Bring a friend

Refer a friend.
Get free bags.

The pilot is better with neighbors. When someone you refer completes their first pickup, you both walk away with an extra sheet of 10 bags — on us.

You
+10 free bags

Credited the day your friend's first bag is picked up. Stackable — refer five neighbors, earn five sheets.

Your friend
First box on us

They join with a free welcome box of 10 bags. Same offer everyone gets — no catch, no commitment.

Sign up & get your link
Your personal referral link lives in your profile after you sign up — share via SMS, email, QR, or any social network.
Things people ask

Frequently
asked.

How much can I actually make?

A typical 2-person household earns $8–14 per month. Aluminum-heavy households (lots of seltzer or beer cans) can clear $20+. We pay weekly into points; 1,000 points = $10 gift card.

What's the catch?

No catch, no commission. We make money by selling clean, sorted commodities at higher prices than dirty single-stream gets. By bag-tagging the stream, we cut contamination from 25% to under 2% — and split the upside with you.

Do bags cost money?

Your first box of 10 bags is free — on us, as a welcome. After that, sheets are $8 with free delivery over $20. A typical sheet pays for itself in about 4 weeks of normal household recycling.

What if my bag has the wrong stuff in it?

Mild contamination — we sort it out at the depot and credit you for the clean portion. Heavy contamination (food, liquid, garbage) means the bag is rejected and returned. We text you a photo so you can fix it for next week.

Where do you operate?

Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, Alameda, and the eastern San Francisco peninsula. We're launching Sacramento and San Jose in summer 2026. Drop your zip in the footer to join the waitlist for new cities.

How do you pay out?

Gift cards (Amazon, Walmart, Target, Visa, REI, and 40+ more) at 1,000 points = $1. Instant delivery to your email. We're piloting direct bank deposit (ACH) for power users in Q3.

Your trash is worth money.
Let's go get it.