How Krets works

The three steps

1. 1Sell your empties. Say roughly how many containers you have, pick a day and a part of the day (or say you’re flexible), and set your price. It takes about a minute. You can change the price or cancel until someone claims it, and still cancel until they are on their way or your window ends.
2. 2A buyer claims it. Buyers near you see your pickup and the price. The first one to claim it comes. Claiming means accepting your price. No bargaining. Krets emails you, and their name is on your pickup page.
3. 3Hand them over, get paid. At your door you count the containers together. They pay you at the door and tap once on their phone. That finishes the pickup; you can rate them, and “Something wrong?” on the pickup page is open for 7 days; only Krets sees it.

How the money works

Every eligible container carries a 10c government refund. The buyer collects that refund when they return your containers. What you set is how much of it they pay you, per container.

• Give them away means free. The buyer keeps the full 10c. Buyers near you show what each usually pays, so you have something to go on.
• You are paid for the actual number counted at pickup, not your estimate. A rough guess when you book is fine.
• Asking more than 10c means the buyer would lose money on every container, so those requests are rarely claimed. Krets warns you before you post.
• Krets never sets or changes a price. The price you post is the price that is paid.

What counts

Aluminium, glass, plastic, steel and carton drink containers between 150 mL and 3 L. Look for the 10c refund mark on the label. Empty, lids on, not crushed, so the refund point accepts them.

Plain milk, wine and spirit bottles, cordial and large juice containers are usually not eligible.

Handover

Meeting at the door is the default and the simplest. You count together and settle on the spot.

If you cannot be there, you can leave them out. The rules for that:

• Put the bags in the spot you named before your pickup window starts.
• The buyer counts them, phones you to agree the number and transfers the money, then taps “Complete pickup”.
• Containers left outside are at your risk. If they are gone when the buyer arrives, either of you can report it, the request closes, and nobody is marked at fault. Please choose a spot out of sight.

Asking for a particular buyer

You can ask for someone — one you keep from a past pickup, or anyone who picks up around you. They get first go: Krets notifies them straight away and holds the request for 1 hour. If they have not claimed it by then, it opens to anyone nearby. They can still take it after that, just without the head start. If your window starts too soon for that hour, you open it to everyone nearby instead.

When a pickup closes

If nobody has claimed it by the end of your pickup window, the request closes and Krets emails you. Nothing sits on your doorstep waiting for someone who never comes. You can post it again with a new window or a different price.

Who the buyers are

Every buyer you see on Krets has:

• Signed in with a Google account
• Set the area they pick up in and the price they usually pay
• A public rating and pickup count from the sellers they have picked up from

You see their name, rating and number of completed pickups before you choose, and how often they arrive on time once they have 5 claims behind them. After each pickup you rate them, and they rate you.

How you are paid

The buyer pays you at the door, in cash or however the two of you agree, or phones you and transfers it if you left the bags out, then taps once on their phone. Krets does not handle the money. Nothing to tap on your side. Weren’t paid, or something else off? Tap “Something wrong?” on the pickup page within 7 days; only Krets sees it.

Questions