Solution: Tech-enabled reusable lunchbox scheme. Owner: Caulibox. Circular Strategy: Reuse.
Description
Caulibox sells reusable food containers to restaurants and food stalls. To encourage big and small businesses to switch to reusables. The box can be used over 400 times before being fully recycled.
The customer can download the app to borrow and return a CauliBox at participating locations and drop-off points.
Location
London, United Kingdom.
Scale
Small team, with several employees.
Potential circular economy impact
Caulibox eliminates the emissions and waste from over 400 manufacturing processes. Reusing these containers minimises the need for conventional recycling, which prevents greenhouse gas emissions during the recycling process.
What’s involved?
People: Delivery and collection team; cleaning team; restaurant partners.
Resources: Caulibox; bikes to deliver the boxes to the restaurants.
Technology: App software system to manage borrowing and return of the boxes.
Implementation: Find restaurants for partnerships; transport and deliver the boxes; sanitise the boxes; manage the borrowing and return of the boxes through the app software.