The operating system for Bangladesh’s recycling economy

The value was always there.
We built the way to pay for it.

ReLeaf connects households, businesses, schools and collectors to recycling factories — weighed, tracked, and paid the moment your waste is collected.

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Paid this month

৳3,480

Instant

Plastic

42.6kg

Paper

31.2kg

CO₂

163kg

Volume · 12 weeks

+38%

0.0t

Plastic recovered

৳0

Paid to collectors

0

Households

0.0t

CO₂e avoided

The problem

It was never a waste problem. It was a pricing problem.

Recyclable material leaves Bangladeshi homes every day with real value — and no system to weigh it, price it, or pay for it. So it burns, buries, or clogs a drain. The material was never worthless. It was just illegible.

3,000+

tonnes / day

of waste Dhaka generates, of which a large share is recyclable but never recovered.

~48%

collected

of municipal waste is formally collected. The rest is burned, buried, or left in drains.

120,000+

informal collectors

already move material daily — with no pricing, no records, and no way to prove impact.

Figures reflect widely reported ranges for Dhaka municipal waste; cite your own sources before publishing.

How it works

The rails, end to end.

Six steps turn a full bin into verified feedstock and a paid account. The numbering is real — each step depends on the one before it.

  1. 01

    Schedule

    Book a pickup from the app, or drop at a ReLeaf Point. Households, offices, restaurants, schools — same flow.

  2. 02

    Weigh

    A collector weighs it in front of you on a connected scale. Every gram is logged against your account.

  3. 03

    Get paid

    Payment settles instantly to bKash or cash. The rate is published before you book — no haggling at the door.

  4. 04

    Sort

    Material is separated by polymer and grade at the neighbourhood hub. Contamination is priced out here, not later.

  5. 05

    Recycle

    Verified, sorted feedstock goes to a licensed factory as supply — not as waste to be assessed.

  6. 06

    Prove it

    Every kilogram carries a record. Households see earnings; businesses get an audit-ready diversion report.

The network

One network. Three sides. Infinite impact.

The same collection rails serve whoever is standing over the bin — a family, a restaurant, a school. Pick a side to see how it works for them.

Households

Get paid for what you already throw away.

Book a pickup or drop at a Point. Weighed in front of you, paid on the spot — no minimum, rates published daily.

  • Instant bKash or cash
  • Same-day slots before 2pm
  • Track every pickup and payout
  • Reward points on every kilogram
Avg. payout৳240 / pickup
MinimumNone

Same rails, same records — priced for the households side.

The platform

More than recycling.

Collection is the first primitive. On top of it sits the software that prices, tracks, pays, reports, and — before long — recognises and trades material.

Live

Pickup scheduling

Pick a window, get a collector. Live status from booked to weighed to paid.

Live

Instant payments

Settlement to bKash or cash the moment the scale reads. No invoices, no waiting.

Live

Rewards

Every kilogram earns points toward tiers and redemptions — the loyalty layer for recycling.

Live

Dashboard

Scheduling, payouts, and impact in one view — for a household or an operations team.

Live

Analytics

Volume by material, month and site. The numbers your operations actually run on.

Rolling out

Carbon accounting

Every collection converts to a CO₂e figure using published factors, not guesses.

Rolling out

ESG reports

Verified diversion and carbon, exportable and audit-ready, on demand.

Rolling out

Circular supply chain

Sorted, verified feedstock links your waste stream to a licensed recycler.

On the roadmap

Marketplace

Buy and sell recovered material and refurbished goods across the network.

On the roadmap

AI waste recognition

Point your camera; the app identifies the material, the rate, and where it goes.

“Rolling out” and “On the roadmap” mark capabilities not yet live for every user.

Live impact

Three months, measured.

0.0t

Plastic recovered

৳0

Paid to collectors

0

Households

0.0t

CO₂e avoided

0

Businesses

0

Collectors earning

ESG & carbon

Why businesses pay for the demand side.

A household recycles to earn. A company recycles to report. ReLeaf turns every weighed collection into a verified diversion and carbon figure — the evidence a sustainability team can put in front of an auditor.

01

Carbon accounting

Every collection converts to a CO₂e figure using published factors — not estimates you have to defend.

02

Verified reports

Diversion certificates backed by weighed, logged, traceable collections. Not a spreadsheet of good intentions.

03

Circular supply

Sorted, verified feedstock links your waste stream to a licensed recycler — a supply chain, not a landfill.

Bangladesh throws away a fortune every day. Start collecting yours.

Free to join, no minimum, paid at the door. Businesses and schools can enrol a whole site in one conversation.