Byewaste has developed an upcycling solution that combines artificial intelligence and last-mile logistics to create a door-to-door service for the reuse and recycling of unused household items.
This circular economy platform coordinates, manages and optimizes the collection and evaluation of items ensuring the most sustainable destination for each of them.
Byewaste offers its solution to municipalities looking for circular solutions to meet the new EU directives.
In addition to municipalities revenue, reusable items are resold to thrift stores while broken items can be sold to recyclers interested in the materials.

https://www.byewaste.nl/

Byewaste’s expectations from the acceleration programme:

DigiCirc’s financial support:

Grant: €110,000

DigiCirc funding has allowed Byewaste to test their solution in a new city and to add e-bikes to their business model to collect items directly from citizen’s houses. Many new features of the platform were made possible thanks to the grant. Additionally, they had a budget to purchase cargo e-bikes, hire riders, and develop marketing materials. All of this was fundamental to achieving their goals and increasing traction towards municipalities and investors.

Prize: €20,000

The project also received the first prize in its category in the pitch competition held during DigiCirc’s final event.