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Waste Works

A casual recycling clicker: take trash apart, find valuables, equip your worker
New in version 0.2.1
Fix backpack inventory getting stuck after unequipping. Merge matching equipment in inventory or while equipped. Warn before inventory shrinks and move excess items to the sorting table, then the belt. Recover affected saves by re-equipping an available backpack first. Restore pocketing for discarded equipment and show when inventory is full.
A casual resource clicker for the hoarder in you, or for your inner waste management system. Get some discarded products and recycle them by disassembling each item. Find out what is valuable, rare or not. Pocket any items worth saving, and equip special items to discover their properties and hidden bonuses to your attributes. At the end of the day, what matters is a sense of purpose, and perhaps a sweet cup of coffee together with fellow colleagues.

Waste Works is free, temperate regarding gamification, and contains no ads, and we want to keep it that way. No in-app purchases, no tracking, no network access.

Features

  • A conveyor belt that keeps bringing trash bags, artefacts (fridges, scooters, old gadgets) and organic waste

  • Disassemble items into their parts, and collect coins, rings and other valuables

  • Six recycling bins (paper, resin, glass, chemicals, fiber and clay) to fill and level up

  • Equip your worker with hats, gloves, boots, tools and more; each item has its own attributes, rarity and hidden bonuses

  • Upgrades: bigger work grids, faster conveyors, recycling certificates and robotic sorter arms that work for you

  • Outfit Saves: your outfit and backpack survive a reset

  • Music and sound effects, and a recycling manual for new workers



How to play
Drag unwanted waste back to an empty slot on the belt to get rid of it. Tap trash bags and artefacts on the board to disassemble them, and tap valuables to collect them. Drag resources to their matching bins. Keep the board and the belt from filling up: when there is no room left, parts fall off and cost you money.

Waste Works is in early development, so expect updates, and maybe a bug or two.

Icons: game-icons.net (CC BY 3.0). Music: Eric Matyas, soundimage.org. See CREDITS.md in the source repository.
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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 0.2.1 (173) suggested Added on Oct 27, 2026

    x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

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    • studio.coldstream.waste_works.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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  • Version 0.2.1 (172) - Added on Oct 27, 2026

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

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  • Version 0.2.1 (171) - Added on Oct 27, 2026

    armeabi-v7a

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

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    Download APK 21 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

    • New in version 0.2.0
    First F-Droid release.
    * Free and open source, no ads or in-app purchases: Outfit Saves is now free for everyone
    * The Backing tab is a simple Buy Me a Coffee link
    * New, original sound effects
    * Layout fixes for narrow screens
  • Version 0.2.0 (163) - Added on Oct 12, 2026

    x86_64

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • studio.coldstream.waste_works.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 25 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 0.2.0 (162) - Added on Oct 12, 2026

    arm64-v8a

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • studio.coldstream.waste_works.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 24 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 0.2.0 (161) - Added on Oct 12, 2026

    armeabi-v7a

    This version requires Android 7.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • studio.coldstream.waste_works.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 21 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

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