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

CleanCell-V2：交钥匙塑料包装清洁中心解决方案，可集成到现有供应链中并重新定义可大规模重复使用的内容。

• 批准号: 10021179
• 金额: $ 44.59万
• 依托单位: ACET CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10021179
• 关键词: CleanCell; V2; turnkey; plastic; packaging

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.

公众和立法机构对零售商和品牌施加了越来越大的压力，要求它们减少因消费其产品而造成的塑料废物危机的破坏性影响。需要解决方案，使塑料包装（如饮料瓶和个人护理包装）从线性生产周期（制造、使用、处置）迁移到循环系统。然而，目前大多数解决方案都侧重于将材料回收利用，而不是让材料在现有状态下使用更长时间。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）使得大规模重复使用塑料包装不经济。Acet Circular Solutions是一家创新公司，致力于改变人们对可重复使用物品的看法。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，并无缝地将其返回到灌装生产线。所有这些对品牌和零售商来说都是平价的，与一次性用品不相上下。而且从摇篮到坟墓的二氧化碳含量比回收或处理路线要少得多。该项目将为“CleanCell”中心开发最小可行产品（MVP），该中心每年能够以低环境和经济成本处理多达400万件硬质塑料包装。与软件平台一起，使其与现有供应链的互操作性成为可能。这将支持零售商和品牌履行其在以下方面的承诺：通过提供基础设施，实现大规模的再利用；以及塑料公约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对环境的直接和间接影响。