Register a bag

It's not goodbye.

Where do old clothes go? Into the bag.

Put your old clothes in the tcycled bag, scan the code on the cap and send the bag back, with your next return or on its own. Your voucher comes at the carrier's first scan.

Register a bag How it works

With or without the app. Sorted by Artus in Bad Oldesloe. No bag? Your own box works too.

The tcycled take-back box for shops, with folded clothes behind its window

Pack. Scan. Send.

No container nearby? The bag goes back with your next return.

  1. Pack

    Clothes and shoes you no longer wear. Clean and dry; holes and tears are fine.

  2. Scan

    Scan the code on the cap with the app or your phone camera. Then the bag is yours.

  3. Send

    With your next return, on its own with your shop's return label, or at the checkout in a store.

  4. Get your voucher

    It comes at the carrier's first scan. Loops and the donation follow once the bag is weighed.

How it worksWhat goes in the bag

Your voucher arrives before your bag does.

You don't wait for the sorting. As soon as the carrier scans the bag for the first time, your voucher is in your wallet, or in your inbox if you registered the bag without the app.

  1. You scan the capThe bag is registered to you. Nobody else can claim it.
  2. The carrier scans the bagYour voucher is ready. No waiting for the sorting.
  3. Artus weighs itYou get 1 Loop, and 1 ct per kg goes to our charity partner. We transfer it every quarter and publish the receipts.

Where your things really end up.

In Bad Oldesloe, at Artus. Every bag is weighed and sorted by hand, and you can follow yours all the way there.

  • Worn againWhatever can still be worn is sold as second-hand clothing.
  • Recycled where possibleWhat's worn out is recycled, as far as that's possible.
  • The honest restWhat can't be used any more goes to energy recovery. We tell you that too.

In the app we show how everything Artus sorts is split, by weight and with a date. App screens here use sample data.

What happens next
Tracking screen: a bag on its way to Bad Oldesloe
tcycled home screen with a bag on its way and a voucher ready
How everything Artus sorts is split, by weight

Breakups are easier with a voucher.

Our campaign writes goodbye letters to the clothes we've outgrown. Write one for yours.

See the campaignWrite a breakup letter
#notgoodbyekeinAbschied

We had a good run.Wir hatten eine schöne Zeit.

Now they can go another round.Jetzt können sie noch eine Runde drehen.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied. Here's howSo geht’s
#notgoodbyekeinAbschied

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

Breakups are easier with a voucher for the next pair.Trennungen fallen leichter mit einem Gutschein für die nächste Jeans.

It's not goodbye.Kein Abschied. Here's howSo geht’s
#notgoodbyekeinAbschied

Let's see other people.Zeit für jemand Neues.

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. Here's howSo geht’s

For brands that need to prove their take-back.

By 17 April 2028 every EU country must have extended producer responsibility (EPR) for textiles in place. Germany has published key points; the law hasn't been passed yet.

tcycled for brands
  • Take-back online and in store. Bags in your parcels, hand-in at your checkouts.
  • Vouchers for your shop. Issued at the carrier's first scan, redeemed with you.
  • Data through artusNet. Weights and outcomes per brand and country, with the chain of custody behind them.
  • Sorted in Bad Oldesloe. Artus weighs every bag and sorts it by hand.