Be the
Become a
Trashless Eco-Warrior
THE PROBLEM
Lots of angst, few scalable solutions
The waste created by single-use packaging is out of control. Eliminating it is one of the hardest missions faced by humanity: Habits, culture, business models, supply chains and so much more needs to change.
What took trillions of dollars and decades of choices made by a handful of people to put profits before the planet: Oil execs, CPG brands, coffee executives, supported by countries like China pushing cheap, subpar disposable packaging into markets . . .
. . . Can be transformed through grassroots action driven by individuals and groups, locally and globally, online and offline - this time based on self-sufficiency, equity and a triple bottomline: Planet, People, Profits.
How It Works
Evangelize, activate, earn . . . forever
1. Sign up as an Eco-Warrior and get a unique Referral Code.
2. Evangelize the benefits of going zero-waste and joining the Takebacks reusable cups network with businesses in your communities. Share your Referral Code they can enter when signing up.
4. The rewards appear as Credits in your Trashless Wallet - which you can use to purchase sustainable products and services from the Trashless Marketplace. Or you can send the credits to your Paypal or Venmo accounts after they exceed $1000.
More details in the FAQs below.
Email and phone notifications will keep you informed of every transaction big or small.
WHO
Individuals
Just a casual coffee drinker at independent coffee shops ... Or an involved environmental activist - the Eco-Warrior program is for everyone who cares about the planet and is willing to evangelize effective solutions.
WHO
Groups & organizations
Environmental conservation organizations of all types and sizes can take their activism to the next level of productivity, delivering tangible results to their constituents and their missions. All while earning a steady income perpetually.
Members can use a single Referral Code, enabling the proceeds to land into 1 account that can then be regularly cashed out, giving the organization much needed funds to support other conservation efforts.
Coffee money, all the way to paying your rent
Let’s say you sign up 10 shops that conservatively bring 5 new people to join the Takebacks program everyday.
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New Cups per month: |
1,500 |
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Total value at $2.50 each: |
$3,750 |
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At 3% of total value |
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Your earnings: |
$110/mo. |
HOW MUCH CAN YOU EARN?
In addition:
If you bring on venues using let’s say 12,000 washed reusable cups, that’s an additional $108 per month.
If a benefactor or company that you introduce to the Adopt-a-City program makes a $10,000 investment, then you would earn $300.
Bringing on major sports arenas, regional chain of shops, and other larger entities to switch to reusables, the number of cups and washing services can run into hundreds of thousands or even millions - resulting in a monthly payout to you of thousands of dollars per month.
Passion for environmental conservation, and some persuasive skills to create change can combine to give you a healthy purposeful income.
WHERE
Anywhere
Trashless is building a deep and wide network of reusables, across everyday grocery essentials, Takebacks cups and more coming soon. You can be anywhere and become an Eco-Warrior.
There are no restrictions on evangelizing and sharing your Referral Code by any means, including online and social media.
IDEAS
Empower yourself
It takes a village. Or shall we say, an army of Eco-Warriors. They’ve got billion dollar oil rigs, we’ve got us - let’s go. Actions you can take to be a successful Eco-Warrior:
Post online, including social media and professional networks - you can include your Code. Don’t forget to tag us to gain more amplification: @trashlessdotcom
Talk to managers / baristas / owners of shops in your area - you’ll be surprised how much they are looking to stop trash and save cash
Attend chambers of commerce or other business group meetings or events
Introduce the program to local-area environmental groups
It's a war, with the future of our next generation on the line - we welcome creative, even radical ideas to rid ourselves of single-use.
More details in the FAQs below.
Email and phone notifications will keep you informed of every transaction big or small.
INTEROPERABILITY
Let's work together
Imagine if every consumer electronics company had their own standards for USB connectors?
Interoperability is critical for new ideas to take root and we are here to partner with other companies creating solutions - put their locations on our apps, provide our technology or work in other ways.
Please reach out to us at cups@trashless.com
FAQs
It will work the same way because our distributors share purchase data with us, which we then associate with the shop’s Trashless account, which will then be applied to your Eco-Warrior account.
Yes, they can! This is a great way for environmentally progressive coffee shops to create more momentum in their local area for a zero-waste network to gain wider and deeper roots.
Yes, you can add Trashless as a place of work, and ‘Eco-Warrior’ as the title of your position.
Yes, you can even print business cards.
Great! Simply sign in, click here, complete the form, and you’re on!
Please be sure to answer the questions on the sign up form diligently. We will send a free Activation Kit to serious Eco-Warriors in it to create change and help achieve our zero-waste mission.
Simple reason: Old habits die hard. Especially bad ones.
The bad habit of single-use is unfortunately deeply enmeshed into our lives and the processes of service businesses. Signing up a business is just the beginning of the journey for your role as an Eco-Warrior. While it will be wonderful for the businesses and consumers you bring into the network (and the rest of the local area), to embrace a zero-waste approach all in, it may take follow ups and revisits for that to happen.
A compensation plan that is ‘forever’, accompanied by real-time updates on how things are going, will result in zero-waste replacing the disposable habit, giving you a long-term source of income.
First, that would be an amazing thing to happen - and we’ll all be living on a cleaner, more sustainable planet.
Second, Takebacks cups are just the start - there are many other areas where single-use is the established paradigm, and we will work together to replace them with zero-waste concepts - which will extend your participation and compensation.
Yes! Please email us at cups@trashless.com if you would like to receive a personal Promo Code that you could give out to give your customers a discount on their first purchase. They will apply this code to their first purchase when checking out.
There are resources - individuals, local businesses, foundations, government grants and more - that Eco-Warriors can attract to jumpstart their efforts to spawn a zero-waste ecosystem. Typical steps:
- Attract an Adopt-a-City contributor, and have them use your Referral Code to make their contribution, earning you a 3% payout.
- Depending on the package they choose, Trashless will ship out Activation Kits to shops in your area simultaneously. Trashless can make special arrangements for the Activation Kits to be sent to you, the Eco-Warrior, to then take them to shops personally - just let us know.
- As shops sign up, if they use your Referral Code to create their account, you will receive the typical payouts as normal.
This is a great way to speed things up, as well as make sure the network takes deep and wide roots.
Absolutely! Let the power of the Internet help usher in a better world with less waste.
These are the right questions to ask. Industry data concludes that reusable cups similar to the Trashless cups are overall more sustainable compared to single-use cups within 5 reuses. Trashless Cups easily pass this benchmark on average across the network. Beyond that, the adoption as well as reuse rates go up with density of the network in a geographical area, demographics and the level of awareness and education among both businesses and consumers.
This is where Eco-Warriors come in - helping people understand the impact of single-use waste on our planet, and how Trashless Takebacks not only stop trash, but also help save cash, while making communities self-sufficient.
They have little incentive today to do much today. But when they see independent shops all around them making the switch to being more sustainable, and feel the competitive pressure, they will come around. Let's show them it can be done.
Buzz-killing numbers
A quick reminder why this mission we are looking for you to join is important.
5%
Plastic in single-use 'paper' cups
500
Billion single-use cups discarded each year
70
Single-use cups for every person
1%
Paper cups that are able to be recycled
20
Million trees cut down each year for paper cups
.25lb
CO2 emissions from production of each paper cup
1%
Recycled paper used due to health concerns
100
Billion gallons of water used to make paper cups each year
Plus:
- Waste from single-use cardboard boxes used to transport disposable cups
- Emissions from the transportation of raw materials and the cups
- Methane released from the decomposition of cups in landfills - a gas that is 14 times more harmful than CO2
Enjoying your favorite beverage shouldn't result in such collective environmental damage
Measurable impact
Trashless is helping
turn the tide of waste
kg CO2 emissions prevented
oz less plastic ingested
pieces of plastic trash prevented
miles of shipping prevented
Trashless partners and customers are making a huge impact on the environment and their health—all while saving time and money.
Track your individual impacts
in the app.