What Trashie does

Trashie (operated by For Days, Inc.) is a US-based circular economy platform that provides prepaid mail-back take-back programs for textiles, electronics, and toys, combined with a multi-brand rewards currency called TrashieCash. The company sells a Take Back Bag ($20), Tech Take Back Box ($20-$25), and Toy Take Back Box ($35) directly to consumers through shop.trashie.io; consumers fill the bag or box, scan a QR code, and drop it at UPS or FedEx. Items are sorted through a proprietary system that categorizes materials into 600+ categories and routes them to recycling, resale, or donation partners — Trashie claims a 95% waste diversion rate. A Chrome Extension, an AI-powered personalization stack acquired via the March 2026 purchase of Savvy Search AI, and milestone-based TrashieCash rewards redeemable at 350-500+ partner brands extend the consumer experience.

The business model combines one-time product sales, a $68/year Trashie Unlimited subscription (which reached 10,000 members within two months of launch), affiliate commissions from rewards redemption, and B2B fees from co-branded programs with fashion brands (Marine Layer, Third Love, Bomba, Komar Brands, Cider, Walmart, Milwaukee Bucks), universities (Brown, Clemson), and an affiliate distribution network (Awin, ShareASale, Refersion) reaching 350,000+ users. In March 2026 the company closed a $10 million Series A led by Ecosystem Integrity Fund, with participation from Alumni Ventures, Marquee Ventures, NBA, OneAscent, Portfolia, and Rosecliff Ventures.

Name

Trashie

Legal name

For Days, Inc.

Website

https://trashie.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile Recycling Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (5621)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycling & E-Waste Collection/Hauling (HSAKALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Eco-Friendly Disposal, Recycling & Donation Hauling (HSAIAOAJ), Junk Removal & Disposal Coordination (HSAFAFAH), Consumer E-waste Collection & Take-Back Programs (EUAIAIAA)

Keywords

• Textile recycling
• Mail-back recycling
• Circular economy platform
• Donation rewards program
• Take-back bag service

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Personnel

Revenue model

1. Product Sales — Take Back Bags & Boxes: One-time purchase revenue from Single Bags ($20), Mega Kit ($98), Tech Take Back Boxes ($20-$25), and Toy Take Back Boxes ($35). These are physical products sold directly to consumers who use them to mail in materials for recycling/donation.
2. Trashie Unlimited Subscription: Annual subscription at $68/year providing free take-back boxes, discounted Tech Take Back add-ons, and priority access. Drives recurring revenue and higher customer lifetime value. Reached 10,000 subscribers within two months of launch.
3. Affiliate Commissions from Partner Retailers: Trashie earns commissions when users redeem TrashieCash rewards at partner brand retailers (350+ brands). This creates a transaction-fee revenue stream tied to user purchase activity across the partner ecosystem.
4. B2B Branded Program Fees: Fashion brands (Marine Layer, Third Love, Bomba socks, etc.) and universities pay for or co-invest in branded Take Back Bag programs. Brand partners share bags with their customers, generating revenue for Trashie while providing marketing value for the brand partner.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Trashie sells prepaid Take Back Bags, Tech Take Back Boxes, and Toy Take Back Boxes that consumers fill with used textiles, electronics, or toys and ship via UPS or FedEx for sorting, recycling, donation, or resale. Users earn TrashieCash rewards redeemable at 350+ partner brands, and the Trashie Unlimited annual subscription ($68/year) provides unlimited bags, free shipping, and milestone jackpots. A B2B program offers white-label and retail take-back partnerships for fashion brands and universities.

Product overview

Trashie is a rewards-driven circular economy platform offering take-back programs for textiles, electronics, and toys. The core portfolio includes the Take Back Bag ($20) for clothing and accessories, Tech Take Back Box (Small $20/Medium $25) for electronics, and Toy Take Back Box ($35) for children's toys. The Trashie Unlimited membership ($68/year) bundles unlimited bags and tech boxes with free shipping and milestone rewards. The TrashieCash program provides real dollar rewards redeemable at 500+ brand gift cards. A Chrome Extension enables cashback and coupon discovery at 15,000+ merchants. B2B offerings include Retail partnerships, White Label programs (Marine Layer, Third Love), Affiliate/Ads, and Excess Inventory Solutions for enterprise partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Take Back Bag Prepaid mail-back bag priced at $20 that accepts 50+ item types of used clothing, shoes, accessories, and home textiles; users ship via UPS or FedEx and earn TrashieCash rewards. Targeted at individual consumers who want a no-sorting, at-home decluttering solution with responsible diversion from landfill.
• Tech Take Back Box Prepaid mail-back box for recycling unwanted electronics such as laptops, tablets, cell phones, cables, modems, and routers. Available in Small ($20, up to 5 lbs) and Medium ($25, up to 10 lbs), with a $15 discount for Trashie Unlimited subscribers. Targeted at consumers seeking responsible e-waste disposal.
• Toy Take Back Box Prepaid mail-back box for donating gently used children's toys (action figures, dolls, LEGO, board games, stuffed animals, and more) priced at $35 per digital box for non-members ($15 annual add-on for Trashie Unlimited members). Targeted at parents and households seeking responsible toy disposal.
• Trashie Unlimited Membership Annual subscription priced at $68/year that bundles unlimited Take Back Bags, unlimited Tech Take Back Boxes, free shipping, milestone jackpots, and priority access to new features. Membership pays for itself at Bag 10. Targeted at repeat/loyal decluttering consumers.
• TrashieCash Rewards Program Cash back rewards program that pays users real dollar amounts when sending back Take Back Bags and Tech Take Back Boxes. Includes milestone jackpots at Bags 1, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100, with rewards redeemable for gift cards from 500+ brands. Targeted at motivating repeat consumer engagement.
• Trashie B2B Partnership Program Suite of four B2B partnership tracks for brands: (1) Retail - offering Take Back Bags in stores with a custom impact-tracking dashboard; (2) White Label - customizable take-back programs with custom bags, registration flow, and rewards, set up in ~12 weeks (used by Marine Layer's Re-Spun, Third Love, Komar Brands); (3) Affiliate & Ads - 350K+ engaged affiliate network for customer acquisition; (4) Excess Inventory Solutions - off-loading returns or excess inventory for responsible recycling. Targeted at fashion/apparel brands, retailers, fulfillment partners, leagues, stadiums, and festivals.
• University Wholesale Program Wholesale supply of Take Back Bags and bins to universities for distribution to students during move-out events. Students register bags via QR codes and drop them at UPS for responsible recycling and donation. Targeted at university sustainability offices and student life departments.
• Trashie Chrome Extension Browser extension that finds and applies coupons from over 15,000 merchants while users shop online, with users earning TrashieCash on top of existing loyalty programs. Targeted at consumers who want ongoing cashback and coupon coverage while shopping.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% waste diversion rate — 95% of materials received are diverted from landfills through recycling, resale, or donation
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• Savvy Search AIcoreTechnology or IntegrationAcquired by Trashie to enhance AI-powered personalization capabilities within the platform. The acquisition strengthens Trashie's technology stack for recommending recycling/donation pathways and improving user experience across the platform.
• iHeartRadiominorGTM or Marketing PartneriHeartRadio partnered with Trashie on a campaign (details not fully disclosed). Likely a co-marketing or content partnership leveraging iHeartRadio's audience to promote Trashie's sustainability mission.
• Red CrossminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Red Cross is listed as a donation recipient on Trashie's 'How We Donate' page. When items cannot be resold or recycled, they are donated to the Red Cross. This is a nonprofit partner for the donation arm of the recycling process.
• Patriot Military Family FoundationminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a donation recipient on Trashie's 'How We Donate' page. Military family support organization receives donated items that cannot be recycled or resold, providing a pathway for items with sentimental or practical value to go to those in need.
• Marine LayerflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerFlagship brand partner for the Re-Spun Take Back Bag program. Marine Layer co-brands and distributes Take Back Bags to its customers, enabling a circular economy loop. Marine Layer's customers return used apparel via Trashie's system, earning Marine Layer rewards points.
• Third LovecoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFashion brand partner using Trashie's Take Back Bag program for circularity initiatives. Third Love distributes bags to customers who return used products for responsible recycling and donation.
• BombacoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSocks brand partner with Trashie for the Take Back Bag program, supporting circular economy practices. Bomba customers can return used Bomba products through Trashie's prepaid mail-back system.
• Komar BrandscoreGTM or Marketing PartnerApparel/home goods brand partner using Trashie's Take Back Bag program to offer customers a sustainable end-of-life option for their products.
• WalmartcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerMajor retail partner — specific program details not fully disclosed in available source data. Represents a significant distribution and brand partnership for Trashie.
• NBA (Milwaukee Bucks)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerThe Milwaukee Bucks NBA team has partnered with Trashie for sustainability and circularity programs, bringing Trashie's brand in front of a sports and entertainment audience.
• CidercoreGTM or Marketing PartnerFashion brand partner using Trashie's Take Back Bag program for circular economy initiatives. Cider customers can responsibly dispose of used clothing through Trashie's platform.
• Awin, ShareASale, RefersioncoreGTM or Marketing PartnerThree affiliate marketing networks (Awin, ShareASale, Refersion) enable over 350,000 affiliate users to promote Trashie products and earn commissions. These partnerships are a primary top-of-funnel acquisition channel.
• Brown UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity campus sustainability partner. Trashie supplies branded bags and donation bins for Brown University's student move-out events, enabling students to responsibly dispose of unwanted textiles. The program supports Brown's sustainability goals.
• Clemson UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity campus sustainability partner. Trashie supplies branded bags and donation bins for Clemson University's student move-out events, enabling students to responsibly dispose of unwanted textiles. The program supports Clemson's sustainability goals.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• For Days: Predecessor circular-fashion brand operating the closed-loop 'Take Back Bag' model that Trashie now runs at scale. Trashie is legally operated by For Days, Inc., making For Days the original conceptual and operational twin.
• Trove: White-label resale and trade-in technology provider for brands such as Patagonia, REI, and Levi Strauss. Closest direct peer to Trashie's White Label B2B offering, operating on a similar brand-partner circular-economy thesis.
• thredUP: Largest U.S. online resale platform for apparel, with a Resale-as-a-Service (RaaS) offering for brands — directly comparable to Trashie's White Label B2B circularity program and competing for the same fashion-brand ESG budgets.

Broad incumbents

• Bank & Vogue Group: Global used-textile collector and sorter (parent of Uniform Recycling, Wovn). Relevant peer as a back-end sorting partner competitor to Trashie's in-house 600+ category system.
• Patagonia (Worn Wear): Patagonia's in-house take-back, repair, and resale program — a scaled circularity initiative that competes for the same consumer mindshare and demonstrates the brand-owned path that Trashie's enterprise customers could pivot toward.
• Eileen Fisher Renew: Eileen Fisher's take-back and resale program, representing the brand-integrated circularity model. Comparable as a competing circular-fashion offering and as evidence of in-house alternatives to Trashie's platform.
• The RealReal: Public-market luxury consignment and resale platform. Adjacent circular-economy competitor for high-end apparel take-back and reuse, providing public-market comparables for Trashie's resale-as-revenue pathway.
• I:CO (I.Collect): Global textile-recycling collection and sorting infrastructure provider serving brands and retailers. Comparable to Trashie's 600+ category sorting and reverse-logistics backbone, but at significantly larger scale and geographic reach.

Emerging players

• Helpsy: B-Corp certified textile collection, sorting, and resale operator with brand and municipality partnerships. Closely comparable to Trashie's mail-back and sorting model, with overlap on the '95% diversion' ESG narrative.

Others

• Optoro: Returns-management and reverse-logistics technology vendor for retailers. Comparable as an adjacent reverse-logistics infrastructure player whose retail relationships could intersect with Trashie's B2B distribution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/trashie

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors8 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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