Rewards
Value has to be
real to be repeated.
Points that buy nothing are a marketing programme. rewatr rewards are backed by material value, sponsor funding and public budgets, and they are spendable the moment they are earned.
Where the money comes from
Five funding sources, one balance.
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A reward is only issued when at least one funding source is attached to the action. The ledger records which one, which is what makes sponsor reporting and municipal audit possible at all.
The unit
One point. One rupee. One bottle at 100.
1 pt = LKR 1
≈ USD 0.003 at LKR 336 / USD.
The point is a fixed-value unit set centrally. Rates move; the unit never does.
100 pts
rewatr sponsored water · 500 ml
Fixed forever, everywhere. A person should be able to hold a bottle and know exactly what it costs in returns.
No cash-out
Points are never convertible to cash, never transferable, never tradeable.
Anonymous returns always work for water. Points need a profile, because a balance has to belong to someone.
Earning
What every action is worth.
Container actions are priced at the reward. Weight streams are priced at the material. That one sentence explains every number below.
PET bottle — any size
Counted
Any PET drinks bottle, 330 ml to 5 L, one action each.
Size is invisible to the person holding the bottle, so it must be invisible to the reward. One bottle in, one bottle out is the clearest promise in the category, and it is exactly the value of 100 points.
100 points
Yes — one bottle of rewatr water, dispensed on the spot
Glass bottle
Weighed
≥ 400 g → 100 pts · 200-399 g → 70 pts · < 200 g → 45 pts.
Glass varies from a 180 g mixer to a 700 g spirit bottle. Weight bands keep the reward honest without asking anyone to read a table.
45-100 points
Yes at 100 points, or once the session reaches 100
Aluminium can
Weighed
≥ 25 g (500 ml) → 60 pts · 10-24 g (330 ml) → 50 pts · < 10 g → 30 pts.
Aluminium carries the highest material value per kilogram of anything we take, so it earns the highest per-gram rate — and two cans buying a cold bottle is a very fast lesson.
30-60 points
Two cans reach 100 points and a bottle is offered immediately
Paper & card
Weighed
60 points per kg, measured on the station scale.
Low material value, high volume. Rewarded honestly rather than generously.
60 pts / kg
On accumulation — 1.7 kg reaches a bottle
Plastic — non-PET
Weighed
80 points per kg. Film, HDPE, packaging, containers.
The stream nobody else takes. Priced above paper because keeping it out of the ground is worth more than the material is.
80 pts / kg
On accumulation — 1.25 kg reaches a bottle
General waste
Weighed
20 points per kg. Capped at 2 kg per person per day.
Residual waste is accepted so the ground stays clean, and priced low and capped so the station is never used as a domestic bin.
20 pts / kg
On accumulation only
The choice
Every accepted item offers the same two doors: take the water, or take the points.
Water or points are the same value. rewatr never nudges toward the cheaper option.
Anonymous use is fully supported for water: walk up, return, take a bottle, walk away. No app, no account, no data.
Points require a profile. A balance has to belong to someone, so a phone number or email and one tap creates the account before the first point is written.
The station holds an unclaimed balance for 20 minutes. Create the profile inside that window and the points land; leave without one and the water is still yours.
Instant dispense unlocks the moment the live session balance reaches 100 points and stock is present.
Marketplace
Earned at the station. Spent across the city.
Water
The anchor. rewatr sponsored water, chilled, at the station or any partner fridge.
Food & drink
Restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs. Credit and percentage discounts.
Wellness
Salons and spas. Treatment discounts and add-ons.
Fitness
Gyms and studios. Day passes, week passes, membership credit.
Transit
Bus and rail top-ups.
Connectivity
Mobile data bundles.
Everything in the catalogue redeems at 1 point = LKR 1 of face value. One exchange rate, no fine print, no tiered devaluation.
Partner discounts are funded by the partner, because a rewatr redemption is a paying customer walking through their door with intent.
rewatr charges the partner a monthly listing fee plus a 10-15% commission on redeemed face value. We are paid for the footfall, not for the discount.
Nothing appears in the catalogue that cannot be redeemed today at the person's location. Honest availability beats a long list.
Water is always available and always 100 points. If every partner left tomorrow, the economy would still work.
The economics
What one PET return actually costs and earns.
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A points election is margin-accretive against a bottle election, and both are funded from the same sponsor pool. That is why rewatr can be genuinely indifferent to the choice — and why the person is offered it honestly.
Guardrails
Designed against inflation and abuse.
Daily container cap
20 rewarded containers per person per day.
Daily earn cap
600 points per person per day across all streams.
General waste cap
2 kg per person per day.
Trust hold
Below the trust threshold, value is issued pending and settles after 24 hours.
Expiry
Points never expire while an account is active in any 12-month window. Dormant balances lapse at 24 months.
No cash-out
There is no path from points to money. There never will be.