Bazmand was unveiled in District 22 of Tehran in front of municipal managers, and began operating as a pilot in a single sub-district before any attempt to cover the whole area.
The platform had taken roughly six months to build, with more than 360 hours of expert consultation, and was run under the direct supervision of the district's urban services and environment department rather than as an independent commercial service.
Uptake was quick. Within the first 25 days, 1,278 citizens had registered. Every recycling booth in District 22 was equipped with the technology, so a resident's account worked the same whether they handed their waste to a booth operator or to a collection vehicle at their door.
Requests could be placed once a household had accumulated more than a kilogram of dry waste, and collection ran around the clock on a priority schedule. Waste was classified into nine groups — among them paper, plastic, glass, metal, electronics, digital equipment and dry bread.
At launch the platform was Android-only, distributed through Cafe Bazaar and Myket, with wider distribution planned but never shipped.