We're a Borrow-and-Reuse Service for Takeaway Food & Drink - coming to a city near you.
Rather than expecting people to remember their reusable cups and vessels, we’re shifting the system to make waste reduction easier for everyone.
For Consumers
You walk into your favorite café, ready for your go-to drink, only to realize—you left your reusable cup at home!
No problem. With just a $2 deposit, you can grab a Retrocycle cup, enjoy your beverage, and return it to any partner location to get your deposit back.
It’s simple (no app needed), convenient, and reduces waste.
For Partners
How does Retrocycle work?
1. Sign Up
Sign up for $45/month and lease cups for a $2 deposit each. We’ll provide a custom marketing toolkit to help you promote your program!
2. Serve & Recoup
Serve drinks in Retrocycle cups and recover your $2 deposit with every order.
3. Return & Reuse
Customers return cups to any Retrocycle partner. You refund the deposit or exchange it for a clean cup. After washing, it’s ready to be reused!
Who is Retrocycle for?
Any place with takeaway!
Cafés
Juice & Smoothie Shops
Restaurants & Eateries (Food reuse service launching 2026)
Got Too Many? We'll buy back your excess inventory (minimum of 100) and refund your total deposit.
Need More? Order anytime through our simple ordering tool.
No app required! Just add a few extra buttons to your POS system, and you're good to go.
It's as easy as pie—if said pie came with reusable plates.
Our $45/month subscription
helps our partners save big while slashing waste.
Most cafés spend over $500 a month on single-use cups, lids, and sleeves.
By switching about 150 single-use cups to Retrocycle cups, a café covers the cost of the monthly subscription. After that, every extra Retrocycle cup they use saves them money.
How? Because consumers pay a deposit that matches what partners pay to lease each cup, so cafés recover their costs with every cup used.
Here’s how:
The Benefits of Switching to Reuse
Cut
Costs
Replacing just a small percentage of your inventory with reusables can create big savings by reducing recurring costs of single-use takeout containers.
Reduced
Waste
A reuse program means fewer single-use cups in the trash, reduced waste overall, and fewer staff runs—helping both the environment and daily operations run more smoothly.
Customer
Loyalty
The deposit-return system gives consumers another reason to visit, and attracts consumers focused on sustainability, building deeper connections with your establishment.
Bigger
Community
Partnering with Retrocycle takes your brand outside of your walls, crafting a brand that is focused on community-building and good stewardship.
Meet the products
Sizes: 12, 16, 24, 32 oz
Material: Polypropylene, safest food-grade plastics, which we go more into here on our FAQ
Lid requires no straw and allows for drink-thru
The Cold Cup
The Hot Cup
Sizes: 12, 16, 24 oz
Material: Polypropylene, safest food-grade plastics, which we go more into here on our FAQ
Insulated cup requires no sleeve
