Smart REusable Cup Dispensers and REturn Kiosks (SRECDREK)

与全球人口增长有关的是一次性塑料包装的生产，消费和处置的增加。虽然塑料包装已经彻底改变了我们储存和消费食品的方式，但塑料包装在我们星球上的数量不断增加也带来了许多负面影响。一次性使用的咖啡杯有一个薄的塑料衬里，使其能够容纳液体，这意味着它们不能在正常的纸张回收厂回收。因此，在销往英国的32亿个杯子中，只有2.8%被回收，每天有50万个杯子被填埋（WRAP，2022）。作为回应，Cauli开发了一种独特的解决方案来应对一次性塑料包装的挑战：可跟踪可重复使用的杯子借用和智能归还亭计划。Cauli的目标是颠覆咖啡行业，帮助客户和供应商过渡到可重复使用的杯子，使采购，返回，收集和清洗可重复使用的塑料咖啡杯的过程方便和便宜。在这个项目中，Cauli将开发一个POS系统，允许任何拥有支付卡的人在规定的时间内免费“借用”一个可重复使用的塑料杯。该项目还将升级Cauli的智能退货亭，以简化回收可重复使用杯子的收集，这些杯子将在咖啡馆现场清洗和重新分发。考利将与世界第二大餐饮集团Elior Group和汉普郡医院NHS基金会信托进行HCD采访和试验。考利直接针对SSPPP和英国塑料公约，到2025年减少进入环境的塑料废物量。

Linked to a global increasing population, is the increasing production, consumption and disposal of single-use plastic packaging. While plastic packaging has revolutionised the way in which we store and consume food, there are many negative impacts associated with the growing amount of plastic packaging on our planet. Single-use coffee cups have a thin plastic lining to allow it to hold liquids, meaning they cannot be recycled in normal paper recycling plants. As a result, only 2.8% of the 3.2Billion cups sold to the UK are recycled, with half a million cups being disposed of daily into landfill (WRAP, 2022). In response, Cauli has developed a unique solution to address the take-away single-use plastic packaging challenge: a tracked reusable cup borrowing and smart return kiosk scheme. Cauli's aim is to disrupt the cafe industry, helping both customers and vendors transition to reusable cups by making the process of sourcing, returning, collecting and washing reusable plastic coffee cups convenient and cheap. In this project Cauli will develop a POS system that allows anyone with a payment card to tap&go to collect and 'borrow' a reusable plastic cup free of charge for a defined period of time. This project will also upgrade Cauli's smart return kiosk to streamline the collection of returned reusable cups, which will be washed and re-distributed onsite in the cafe. Cauli will conduct HCD interviews and trials with Elior Group, the second largest catering group in the world, and with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Cauli directly addresses both the SSPPP and UK Plastics Pact to reduce the amount of plastic waste entering the environment by 2025.