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Part of Recykal

Retearn: purpose-built for the Deposit Return Scheme.

Retearn is the hardware R&D arm of Recykal, India's leading waste management platform. Two live DRS deployments, 6 million containers collected, 9 patents, and a city running on our machines from day one.

Reklaim Bulk reverse vending machine

Developed by the team behind India's largest recycling network.

Retearn did not begin as a hardware startup with a recycling thesis. It began as a question inside Recykal: why does infrastructure always fail at the point of collection? Recykal had already built India's most connected digital waste ecosystem. The missing piece was physical: machines that could operate at real-world density without constant intervention.

Three years of field data, two live deployments, and a Bhutan city-wide DRS running at 12,000 collections a day later: the answer is the Reklaim range.

Part of Recykal

Recykal operates India's largest digital waste management platform, connecting producers, recyclers, and collectors across 28 states. Retearn is its hardware R&D arm, purpose-built to close the collection gap.

Apr 2023
Retearn founded. R&D arm of Recykal. First hardware prototypes enter field testing across Indian collection sites.
2024
Nasscom AI Gamechangers Award. Full Reklaim range validated. Bhutan deployment contract signed for two city-wide DRS sites.
Jan 2025
GMC Gelephu goes live. City-wide DRS operational from day one. First 1 million containers returned in 53 days, the fastest rate ever recorded globally.
2026
Aegis Graham Bell Award for Waste Management Innovation. ET AI Award for Best Use of AI for Sustainability. 5 million containers collected at GMC alone.
2027
UK DRS ready. DRS-certified platform in final UK validation. 11 design rights and 9 patents protecting the full platform architecture.

Deployed and operational in live DRS markets.

Two deployments in Bhutan give us something most competitors do not have: real numbers from a real operating DRS. Not a pilot. Not a proof of concept. A city running on our machines, every day.

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Gelephu Mindfulness City
Operated by Retearn · Recykal · 2024 to present
5M+
Containers collected
~7K
Unique active users
53 days
To first million, fastest ever recorded globally
12K/day
Peak daily collections
"The entire city of Gelephu is operating on DRS. Consumers go to the machine, show a QR, drop the bottle, and receive money automatically." — Recykal, December 2025
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Phuentsholing
Operated by Retearn · Recykal · 2024 to present
1M+
Containers collected
900+
Transacting users
48K+
In first 23 days
3K/day
Average daily collections
Together, both Bhutan sites represent the most complete city-scale DRS deployment in South Asia, designed, built, and operated end-to-end by Retearn.

Built around the operational realities of DRS retail.

These are engineering decisions shaped by watching real deployment failures, before we wrote a single line of product code.

01
Two-tier network for every store size.
Full RVMs at high-throughput sites. Compact units for every small retailer. No location left out of the scheme.
02
Remote health monitoring built in.
Sensor telemetry flags issues before they become outages. Engineers are scheduled before the machine fails.
03
Modular by design. Upgrade, never replace.
Swap the AI module or expand capacity as requirements change. Total cost of ownership stays flat over time.
04
Reklaim Ace fits in 1m².
Any independent shop, forecourt, or convenience store becomes a compliant return point from day one of the scheme.
05
70 containers per minute. No queue forms.
AI identification in under 10ms. Mechanical throughput that eliminates the single biggest driver of low return rates globally.
06
5-class AI classification before storage.
PET, aluminium, glass, MLP, and Tetra Packs sorted at intake on NVIDIA SOMs. Contaminated returns stop here.
Recognition

Recognised for innovation
in sustainable technology.

Three independent bodies have recognised the Reklaim platform for doing something most hardware awards do not reward: operating at scale, in the real world, from day one.

Nasscom AI Gamechangers Award
2024
Nasscom AI Gamechangers Award
Aegis Graham Bell Award
2026
Aegis Graham Bell Award
ICC Award
2026
International Chamber of Commerce
11
Registered design rights
9
Patents filed
6M+
Containers collected
53 days
To first million returns
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Talk to the team about your store format, grant eligibility, and how the October 2027 UK DRS scheme affects you. No commitment needed.

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