RECUP GmbH

RECUP offers an innovative and sustainable reusable system for coffee-to-go cups in more than 20 cities in Germany.

Each year in Germany alone about 2.8 billion disposable cups are used for coffee-to-go and thrown away after a single use. The deposit system for coffee-to-go cups avoids disposable waste and saves resources.

RECUP system is simple and allow the customer to rent a cup for a deposit instead of disposable cups and return it to any participating shop in the same city or a different city.
RECUP has over 2000 partners and some of them include larger companies such as VW Wolfsburg, Dat Backhus, Alnatura. The network is now expanding in the UK.

By participating in the RECUP system, the partners benefit from a convenient and holistic service.

The company operates an app on which all the partners are located for easier access.

The RECUPs are:

• available in three sizes for your coffee with a filling line: 0.2l; 0.3l; 0,4l
• Shatterproof and super light
• contains No BPA, no pollutants
• 100% recyclable plastic
• dishwasher safe, at least 500 rinses
• have a lid for all cups
• savings potential through lower expenditures for disposable cups
• providing each partners with a sustainable brand image

RECUP’s reusable cups are made of PP (polypropylene) but they are looking for alternative materials, such as bioplastics, which have similar properties.

The company received several awards, including: Startup of the Year 2018 at the Founder Award, Making a Difference Award by the Jane Godall Institute Germany, Award for best practice example of the Deutsche Umwelthilfe, Audience Award of the Next Organic Startup Award 2017, Gründerpreis Rosenheim 2017.

RECUP has been selected by the NextGenCup Challenge team among 12 ideas that are pushing the boundaries of material, chemical innovation and sustainable design as they reinvent the fiber cup system.