CleanCell-V2: A turnkey plastic packaging cleaning hub solution, which integrates into existing supply-chains and redefines what is reusable at scale.

零售商和品牌面临越来越大的公众和立法压力，要求它们减少塑料垃圾危机造成的破坏性影响，这些影响是由其产品的消费造成的。需要能够使塑料包装(如饮料瓶和个人护理包装)从生产(制造、使用、处置)的线性循环转移到循环系统的解决方案。然而，目前的大多数解决方案都专注于推动材料回收，而不是让材料在现有状态下保持更长时间的使用。这是因为技术限制和复杂的供应链(特别是在快速消费品中)使得重复使用塑料包装在规模上不经济。Acet Circle Solutions是一家创新公司，致力于改变人们对可重复使用的看法。他们正在建立一个智能、低成本的清洁中心网络，可以清洁和干燥大量的包装，并无缝地将这些包装送回灌装线。所有这些对品牌和零售商来说都是平价的，与一次性使用的价格相当。而且从摇篮到坟墓的二氧化碳(从摇篮到坟墓)比回收或处置路线要少得多。该项目将为CleanCell中心开发最小可行产品(MVP)，能够以较低的环境和经济成本每年处理多达400万个硬质塑料包装。以及实现其与现有供应链互操作性所需的软件平台。这将支持零售商和品牌履行他们在以下方面的承诺：塑料公约1，通过提供基础设施，使重复利用能够规模化发生；塑料公约2，通过使现有的硬质塑料包装100%可重复使用。这将显著抑制塑料包装供应链的环境影响(直接和间接)。

Growing public and legislative pressure rests on retailers and brands to reduce the devastating impacts of the plastic waste crises, caused by the consumption of their products. Solutions are required that enable plastic packaging (such as drinks bottles and personal care packaging) to migrate away from linear cycles of production (make, use, dispose) into a circular system. Yet most current solutions focus on driving materials into recycling, rather than keeping materials in use for longer in their existing state. This is because technological limitations and complex supply chains (especially in fast moving consumer goods), make reusing plastic packaging uneconomical at scale.Acet Circular Solutions, is an innovative company working to change perceptions over what is reusable. They are building a network of smart, low-cost cleaning hubs that can clean and dry huge volumes of packaging and seamlessly return this to filling lines. All at a price parity for brands and retailers that is on par with single-use. And with significantly less embodied CO2 (cradle-to-grave) than recycling or disposal routes. This project will develop the Minimal Viable Product (MVP) for a 'CleanCell' hub, capable of processing up to 4 million units of rigid plastic packaging per annum at low environmental and economic cost. Alongside the software platform required to enable its interoperability into existing supply chains. This will support retailers and brands to deliver their commitments under: Plastic Pact 1, by providing the infrastructure to enable reuse to happen at scale; and Plastic Pact 2, by making existing rigid plastic packaging 100% reusable. This will significantly curb environmental impacts (both direct and indirect) of the plastic packaging supply chain.