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Circulr: Creating Sustainable Value from an Empty Jar

Jury Gualandris, Nathan Leili, Joe Naoum-Sawaya, Sourabh Jain

商品編號:W28381
出版日期:2022/06/13
再版日期:2022/06/21
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商品主題:Operations Management; Sustainability
商品類型:Case (Field)
涵蓋議題:reusing;environmental sustainability
難易度:4 - Undergraduate/MBA
內容長度:14 頁
地域:Canada
產業:Administrative; Support; Waste Management and Remediation Services
事件年度:2022

Circulr was a start-up that provided a solution for consumer waste by collecting used packaging, washing it, and selling it back to the original brand and product manufacturer so that the packaging could be reused. Instead of building its own washing facility, Circulr rented spare washing capacity from industrial kitchens. The company’s co-founders had ambitious goals for Circulr, but in order to achieve them, there were two essential issues that needed to be resolved. The first issue was that of incentivizing brands, manufacturers, and end-users to reuse their packaging. Disposable packaging remained extremely convenient for consumers, and Circulr needed to develop a collection system that made it easy and rewarding for consumers to place their used packaging in Circulr’s collection bins instead of in the garbage can. The second issue was that of operational scale and configuration. If Circulr were to successfully grow demand and supply over time, how would its operational system evolve to achieve the necessary capacity and capabilities? Could the use of third-party washing facilities continue to be sustainable at scale? How would processes and policies evolve to gain competitiveness?

教學手冊:Circulr: Creating Sustainable Value from an Empty Jar - Teaching Note
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