RECYCLEMART WASTE MANAGEMENT PRIVATE LIMITED

What RECYCLEMART WASTE MANAGEMENT PRIVATE LIMITED does

Recyclemart Waste Management Private Limited (DBA RecycleMart) is a Chennai-based, founder-owned doorstep recycling and waste management service founded in November 2018 by Manikandan Munusamy. The company buys old clothes from individual households and collects dry waste — including plastics (PET, HDPE, LDPE, mixed plastics), paper, cardboard, metals (iron, aluminium, steel), and glass — from households, gated communities, and businesses across Chennai. Customers initiate pickups via WhatsApp (9344529472), a website contact form, or phone; a pickup executive confirms timing, visits the doorstep, and (for clothes) pays on-site based on weight and quality. Wearable clothes are resold to underprivileged families or donated, usable household items are routed to donation channels, and damaged textiles plus dry waste are sent to authorised recycling partners.

The underlying technology is a logistics-driven pickup, segregation, and routing system rather than a software platform. The company operates structured pickup scheduling, on-site weight evaluation, manual segregation of materials by type and quality at company facilities, and digital weight-based reporting for residential associations and corporate clients. There is no proprietary AI/ML component, no mobile app, no public API, and no certifications or patents disclosed; the website is built on Wix and brand channels are limited to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and a content blog.

RecycleMart's business model combines a unit-pricing, pay-as-you-go purchase of old clothes (the company states it pays 'on the higher' side versus competitors) with transaction-based dry-waste collection, particularly through community collection drives at gated communities where scheduled bulk pickups, digital weight reports, and resident awareness sessions are bundled. The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, operates with 1-10 employees from T.Nagar, Chennai, and confines its footprint to a single Indian city.

Name

RECYCLEMART WASTE MANAGEMENT PRIVATE LIMITED

Legal name

Recyclemart Waste Management Private Limited

Website

https://recyclemart.in

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RecycleMart is a Chennai-based, founder-owned doorstep recycling service that buys old clothes from households and collects dry waste (plastics, paper, metals, glass) from gated communities, sorting and routing materials to authorised recycling partners and donation channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Solid Waste Collection (562111), Other Waste Collection (562119)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste) (BPALADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recycling & E-Waste Collection/Hauling (HSAKALAJ), Donation Pickup & Reuse Hauling (HSAKALAI), Donation, Resale & Disposal Coordination (HSAFAAAK), Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply) (EUAIAKAA)

Keywords

• Doorstep scrap collection
• Textile waste recycling
• Waste management services
• Old clothes buying
• Dry waste collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Chennai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Old Clothes Purchase: RecycleMart buys old clothes from individuals and households. Customers contact the company, schedule a doorstep pickup, and receive payment on-site after evaluation of the clothes. The company then resells wearable clothes to underprivileged families, donates usable items, and sends damaged textiles for repurposing.
2. Dry Waste Collection and Recycling: Collection and processing of various dry waste materials including plastics (PET, HDPE, LDPE, mixed plastics), paper, cardboard, cartons, metal scraps (iron, aluminium, steel), and glass waste. Materials are properly segregated, weighed, and sent to authorised recycling partners.
3. Community Collection Drives: Partnering with residential associations to conduct structured waste collection drives. Services include scheduled bulk pickups, community collection drives, digital weight reports, and resident awareness sessions for waste segregation improvement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

RecycleMart operates a doorstep pickup service in Chennai that buys old clothes and household textiles from individuals and collects dry waste materials including plastics, paper, cardboard, metal scraps, and glass from households, gated communities, and businesses. Collected items are segregated by type and quality at processing facilities; wearable clothes are resold or donated to underprivileged families, and dry waste is routed to authorised recycling partners for responsible disposal.

Product overview

RecycleMart operates as a waste management and recycling service in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The core offering consists of doorstep pickup services for old clothes and dry waste materials, with a mission to reduce landfill waste and promote circular economy practices. The product portfolio centers around the Old Clothes Collection & Buying Service, supplemented by Dry Waste Collection & Recycling, which handles plastics, paper, metals, and glass. Additional services include Gated Community & Apartment Collection Drives for bulk pickups and Waste Segregation & Sorting at processing facilities. Household Items Collection extends the offering to e-waste, furniture linens, and general household goods. The company also provides donation pathways for wearable clothes to underprivileged families and NGOs, while unusable textiles are repurposed through manufacturers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Old Clothes Collection & Buying Service Doorstep pickup service in Chennai where RecycleMart purchases used apparel including sarees, shirts, pants, T-shirts, trousers, bed-sheets, and other textiles directly from households, then resells wearable items or donates them to underprivileged families.
• Dry Waste Collection & Recycling Organized doorstep collection and processing of dry waste materials including PET, HDPE, LDPE and mixed plastics, paper, cardboard, cartons, iron/aluminium/steel scrap, and glass. Materials are segregated, weighed, and sent to authorised recycling partners.
• Gated Community & Apartment Collection Drives Partnership service with residential associations and apartment complexes offering scheduled bulk pickups, community collection drives, digital weight reports, and resident awareness sessions for waste segregation improvement.
• Household Items Collection Doorstep collection of various household items including paper, plastics, e-waste (laptops, TVs), vessels, glass items, bedsheets, blankets, curtains, towels, footwear, bags, and suitcases for responsible disposal or donation to underprivileged families.

Quantifiable outcome

• Materials properly segregated, weighed, and sent to authorised recycling partners ensuring maximum recovery and minimum environmental impact

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Authorised Recycling PartnerscoreOthersRecycleMart partners with authorised recycling partners to process collected waste materials. All collected materials (clothes, plastics, paper, metals, glass) are properly segregated, weighed, and sent to these partners to ensure maximum recovery and minimum environmental impact.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Goonj: Large Indian nonprofit operating clothing donation drives channeling urban household textiles to rural communities — overlaps with RecycleMart's wearable-clothes donation and underprivileged-beneficiary use case, though structured as a nonprofit rather than a paying service.

Direct peers

• Banyan Nation: India-based plastic recycling company that aggregates post-consumer plastic waste, sorts by resin type, and sells to manufacturers — comparable feedstock aggregation and authorized-recycler/downstream-buyer structure.
• Nepra Resource Management: Indian waste management company operating collection, segregation, and recycling across multiple recyclable categories for institutional and municipal clients — comparable multi-stream recycling and authorized-partner model.
• Kabadiwalla Connect: India-based doorstep scrap collection startup aggregating household recyclable waste via a tech-enabled pickup model — the closest functional analogue to RecycleMart's WhatsApp/contact-form pickup flow in an Indian metro context.
• Saahas Zero Waste: Indian waste management social enterprise handling multi-dry-waste streams (paper, plastics, e-waste) with doorstep collection and authorized recycling partner flows — comparable in waste-stream breadth and segregation focus.
• Hasiru Dala: Bangalore-based integrated waste management organization that runs doorstep source-segregation collection drives for households and gated communities, with a parallel donation/reuse stream — directly comparable to RecycleMart's community collection drives and donation pathway.

Regional players

• FabScrap: US-based textile recycling service that picks up unused fabric and clothing from businesses and households, then sorts for resale, reuse, or recycling — comparable textile-specific doorstep collection and resale/donation/resort-to-recycling value chain, though operating in the US.
• The Renewal Workshop: US-based textile renewal company that processes end-of-life apparel and household textiles into resold, repaired, or recycled outputs — directly comparable to RecycleMart's three-step segregation / donation / repurposing flow for worn textiles.

Broad incumbents

• GEM Enviro Management: Established Indian environmental services and recycled plastics producer with national footprint across multiple waste streams — broader portfolio and significantly larger scale, but operates in the same household and institutional recyclable-collection category.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Old_ings
• Facebookfacebook.com/recyclemart.in
• Instagraminstagram.com/itsrecyclemart?utm_medium=copy_link
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/itsrecyclemart

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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