Product Recycling & Take-back Finder: what this AI agent does and how to use it
Tells customers how to recycle packaging and old products, and where take-back or donation points are. Who it's for, the questions it answers, the data it needs and how to switch it on.
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What it does
Most service questions are about orders, returns, stores and policies. These agents answer them from your own data and rules, so the answer matches what your store would say. The Product Recycling & Take-back Finder agent is the specialist for this job: tells customers how to recycle packaging and old products, and where take-back or donation points are.
Who it's for
Your customers. It runs in the branded shopper assistant on your website (one line of code) or on a shareable link, and through the REST API in your own app or contact centre. Your team can also use it in the console Playground.
Questions it answers
Ask it in any of our languages, for example:
- "How do I recycle old shoes?"
- "What can I do with your packaging?"
- "Do you take back old clothes in London?"
The live demo shows these as sample prompts in your language, on a fictional store's data.
How it works
- It understands the question in the language it was written in, even when your catalog is in another language.
- It looks things up with tools, never from memory:
- Search over your policies and faqs, with citations
- Store finder with live opening hours
- Full product details
- It answers from your data, in your brand voice and currency, and shows which tools it used.
- Rules stay in code. Prices, eligibility and permissions come from your data and settings; the agent explains them and can't invent them. Why this matters.
The data it needs
Stores, Knowledge docs. As soon as these tables are loaded, the agent is ready to switch on. Files can use your own column names: they're mapped automatically. See Connect your data.
Works well with
- Customer Care: Answers policy questions from the retailer's own documents, checks orders and return eligibility.
- Order Status (WISMO): "Where is my order?": status, dates and what happens next.
- Store Locator: Nearest stores, live open/closed status in local time, hours and services.
- Loyalty Assistant: Explains membership tiers and benefits and the member's own status.
- Policy & FAQ Bot: Instant, cited answers from policies, FAQs and terms; the simplest deflection agent.
In the shopper assistant and the Playground, a router reads each message and hands it to the right agent, so connected agents work as one assistant.
Turn it on
- Load the data it needs.
- Install Product Recycling & Take-back Finder from the Agent catalog and add your own instructions (guide).
- Test it in the Playground, in every language you serve.
- Go live on your website or a link, or call it from your own app.
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