Terms and Conditions
Welcome to ApagaCommunity!
These terms and conditions outline the rules and regulations for the use of ApagaCommunity CJSC's Website located at www.apagacommunity.com, application, services, and products including but not limited to the home-pickup service, and SmartApaga Recycling Container.
By accessing this website we assume you accept these terms and conditions. Do not continue to use ApagaCommunity if you do not agree to take all of the terms and conditions stated on this page.
The following terminology applies to these Terms and Conditions, Privacy Statement and Disclaimer Notice and all Agreements: "Client", "You" and "Your" refers to you, the person log on this website and compliant to the Company’s terms and conditions. "The Company", "Ourselves", "We", "Our" and "Us", refers to our Company. "Party", "Parties", or "Us", refers to both the Client and ourselves. All terms refer to the offer, acceptance and consideration of payment necessary to undertake the process of our assistance to the Client in the most appropriate manner for the express purpose of meeting the Client’s needs in respect of provision of the Company’s stated services, in accordance with and subject to, prevailing law of The Republic of Armenia. Any use of the above terminology or other words in the singular, plural, capitalization and/or he/she or they, are taken as interchangeable and therefore as referring to same.
Cookies
We employ the use of cookies. By accessing ApagaCommunity, you agreed to use cookies in agreement with the ApagaCommunity CJSC's Privacy Policy.
Most interactive websites use cookies to let us retrieve the user’s details for each visit. Cookies are used by our website to enable the functionality of certain areas to make it easier for people visiting our website. Some of our affiliate/advertising partners may also use cookies.
License
Unless otherwise stated, ApagaCommunity CJSC and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on ApagaCommunity. All intellectual property rights are reserved. You may access this from ApagaCommunity for your own personal use subjected to restrictions set in these terms and conditions.
You must not:
- Republish material from ApagaCommunity
- Sell, rent or sub-license material from ApagaCommunity
- Reproduce, duplicate or copy material from ApagaCommunity
- Redistribute content from ApagaCommunity
This Agreement shall begin on the date hereof.
Parts of this website offer an opportunity for users to post and exchange opinions and information in certain areas of the website. ApagaCommunity CJSC does not filter, edit, publish or review Comments prior to their presence on the website. Comments do not reflect the views and opinions of ApagaCommunity CJSC,its agents and/or affiliates. Comments reflect the views and opinions of the person who post their views and opinions. To the extent permitted by applicable laws, ApagaCommunity CJSC shall not be liable for the Comments or for any liability, damages or expenses caused and/or suffered as a result of any use of and/or posting of and/or appearance of the Comments on this website. ApagaCommunity CJSC reserves the right to monitor all Comments and to remove any Comments which can be considered inappropriate, offensive or causes breach of these Terms and Conditions.
You warrant and represent that:
- You are entitled to post the Comments on our website and have all necessary licenses and consents to do so;
- The Comments do not invade any intellectual property right, including without limitation copyright, patent or trademark of any third party;
- The Comments do not contain any defamatory, libelous, offensive, indecent or otherwise unlawful material which is an invasion of privacy
- The Comments will not be used to solicit or promote business or custom or present commercial activities or unlawful activity.
You hereby grant ApagaCommunity CJSC a non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, edit and authorize others to use, reproduce and edit any of your Comments in any and all forms, formats or media.
Hyperlinking to our Content
The following organizations may link to our Website without prior written approval:
- Government agencies;
- Search engines;
- News organizations;
- Online directory distributors may link to our Website in the same manner as they hyperlink to the Websites of other listed businesses; and
- System wide Accredited Businesses except soliciting non-profit organizations, charity shopping malls, and charity fundraising groups which may not hyperlink to our Web site.
These organizations may link to our home page, to publications or to other Website information so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products and/or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.
We may consider and approve other link requests from the following types of organizations:
- commonly-known consumer and/or business information sources;
- dot.com community sites;
- associations or other groups representing charities;
- online directory distributors;
- internet portals;
- accounting, law and consulting firms; and
- educational institutions and trade associations.
We will approve link requests from these organizations if we decide that: (a) the link would not make us look unfavorably to ourselves or to our accredited businesses; (b) the organization does not have any negative records with us; (c) the benefit to us from the visibility of the hyperlink compensates the absence of ApagaCommunity CJSC; and (d) the link is in the context of general resource information.
These organizations may link to our home page so long as the link: (a) is not in any way deceptive; (b) does not falsely imply sponsorship, endorsement or approval of the linking party and its products or services; and (c) fits within the context of the linking party’s site.
If you are one of the organizations listed in paragraph 2 above and are interested in linking to our website, you must inform us by sending an e-mail to ApagaCommunity CJSC ([email protected]). Please include your name, your organization name, contact information as well as the URL of your site, a list of any URLs from which you intend to link to our Website, and a list of the URLs on our site to which you would like to link. Wait 2-3 weeks for a response.
Approved organizations may hyperlink to our Website as follows:
- By use of our corporate name; or
- By use of the uniform resource locator being linked to; or
- By use of any other description of our Website being linked to that makes sense within the context and format of content on the linking party’s site.
No use of ApagaCommunity CJSC's logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.
No use of ApagaCommunity CJSC's logo or other artwork will be allowed for linking absent a trademark license agreement.
Without prior approval and written permission, you may not create frames around our Webpages that alter in any way the visual presentation or appearance of our Website.
Content Liability
We shall not be hold responsible for any content that appears on your Website. You agree to protect and defend us against all claims that is rising on your Website. No link(s) should appear on any Website that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights.
Your Privacy
Please read Privacy Policy
Reservation of Rights
We reserve the right to request that you remove all links or any particular link to our Website. You approve to immediately remove all links to our Website upon request. We also reserve the right to amen these terms and conditions and it’s linking policy at any time. By continuously linking to our Website, you agree to be bound to and follow these linking terms and conditions.
Removal of links from our website
If you find any link on our Website that is offensive for any reason, you are free to contact and inform us any moment. We will consider requests to remove links but we are not obligated to or so or to respond to you directly. We do not ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we promise to ensure that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up to date.
Disclaimer
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to our website and the use of this website. Nothing in this disclaimer will:
- limit or exclude our or your liability for death or personal injury;
- limit or exclude our or your liability for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
- limit any of our or your liabilities in any way that is not permitted under applicable law; or
- exclude any of our or your liabilities that may not be excluded under applicable law.
The limitations and prohibitions of liability set in this Section and elsewhere in this disclaimer: (a) are subject to the preceding paragraph; and (b) govern all liabilities arising under the disclaimer, including liabilities arising in contract, in tort and for breach of statutory duty.
As long as the website and the information and services on the website are provided free of charge, we will not be liable for any loss or damage of any nature.
Terms for Using the Paid Pickup Services
As part of ApagaCommunity's community, you are able to subscribe as an individual or an organization, to regular recyclable waste pickups from your home, business, building, or office.
By subscribing to this service, you confirm that you will comply with the following points:
- If the subscription is yearly, to pay the full subscription amount during the first pickup or within 14 days of the first pickup,
- If the subscription is per pickup, to pay the full pickup amount on the day of the pickup,
- If household subscription, to submit up to 200L of plastic waste, 100L of paper waste, and/or 50L of glass waste per pickup, according to your subscription type.
- If organizational subscription, to submit up to 600L of plastic waste, 300L of paper waste, and/or 100L of glass waste per pickup, according to your subscription type.
- To submit ONLY clean, sorted, recyclable waste according to your allocated quantity.
- Plastic should NOT contain any traces of food residue
- Plastic CAN still have labels and caps
- The following types of plastic are NOT recyclable in Armenia: PVC, PS foam.
- Paper should be free of any oily stains or food residue
- . Paper should not be composed of or laminated with other types of material such as plastic and/or metals
- Glass should not be broken
- Glass should not be part of any electronic equipment or car parts
- All waste must be packaged in bags before the driver reaches your location
- Bags are not provided by ApagaCommunity CJSC
- Due to occasional difficulties with delinquent clients, please make sure you are reachable by phone on the day of your pickup, unless specifically instructed otherwise.
- If you are not reachable by phone, and there are no specific instructions on where to pick up your waste, the driver will not approach, and your pickup is considered lost.
- It is possible to order an off-schedule pickup by forfeiting one of your contracted pickups or by paying extra. Please contact us for a quote.
Terms for Using the SmartApaga Recycling Containers Network
As part of ApagaCommunity's community, you are able to access our network of SmartApaga Recycling Containers as an individual or an organization.
By subscribing to this service, you confirm that you will comply with the following points:
- You will only dispose of clean and recyclable plastic:
- Plastic should NOT contain any traces of food residue
- Plastic CAN still have labels and caps
- The following types of plastic are NOT recyclable in Armenia: PVC, PS foam.
- You will not over-stuff the containers
- You will not attempt to cheat by submitting other heavier materials into the containers for the purpose of gaining extra ApagaCoin rewards.
- You will not attempt to damage the containers
- You will inform us if you witness any attempts to damaging the containers
Terms for Receiving the ApagaCoin Rewards
As part of ApagaCommunity's community, you are rewarded for recycling though our in-site/in-app currency called ApagaCoins. You can collect these as an individual or an organization.
ApagaCoins are allocated to you in the following manner based on your subscription and/or activity: |
Subscription/activity |
Types of waste |
Signup Bonus Old Clients |
Sign up Bonuse new Clients |
Coins earned per month |
Coins earned per pickup |
Coins earned per kilogram |
One time home pickup |
1 |
- |
1000 |
- |
500 |
- |
One time home pickup |
2 |
- |
1000 |
- |
500 |
- |
One time home pickup |
3 |
- |
1000 |
- |
500 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bi-Monthly Home Pickup Subscription |
1 |
5000 |
1000 |
250 |
- |
- |
Monthly Home Pickup Subscription |
1 |
5000 |
1000 |
500 |
- |
- |
Bimonthly Home Pickup Subscription |
2 |
5000 |
1000 |
250 |
- |
- |
Monthly Home Pickup Subscription |
2 |
5000 |
1000 |
500 |
- |
Bimonthly Home Pickup Subscription |
3 |
5000 |
1000 |
250 |
- |
- |
Monthly Home Pickup Subscription |
3 |
5000 |
1000 |
500 |
- |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Container Use |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1000 |
Conditions of Exchanging ApagaCoins for Rewards
ApagaCommunity offers various rewards in the forms of discounts, gifts, bonuses, and other methods of delivering value to you as a user of our platform. This, from multiple partner organizations and growing.
As a reward for participating in the green revolution, you can purchase these rewards in exchange for your accumulated ApagaCoins.
As a user, you agree to conform to the conditions mentioned in the description of each reward.
You cannot be refunded for a purchased reward.
Rewards are non-transferable unless otherwise stated in the description of the reward.
It is the responsibility of the partner organization to keep track of and mark rewards as redeemed, otherwise the user is able to use the same reward multiple times.
Terms for Inputting a Reward Into our Rewards Marketplace
As a retailer, restaurant, resort, service provider, or any other organization offering B2B or B2C services, you are welcome to offer rewards to ApagaCommunty's members. You have full Control of your rewards and their redeeming conditions as long as you comply to the following policies:
- Maximum of 5 rewards per retail partner
- Minimum of 50 ApagaCoins per reward
- Maximum of 20,000 ApagaCoins per reward
- The value of your reward must should the AMD value of the recycled waste. i.e. 1 kg of plastic waste = 100 AMD = 1000 ApagaCoins
- The rewards must not advertise illicit, illegal, or unlawful activities or products.
ApagaCommunity reserves the right to deny approval of any reward without justification, notice, or permission.
ApagaCommunity reserves the right to Edit any reward with notice and justification, and submit the edit to the reward partner for approval. Such action may be necessary is highly competitive categories