Smart REusable Cup Dispensers and REturn Kiosks (SRECDREK)

智能可重复使用杯分配器和退货亭 (SRECDREK)

• 批准号: 10058150
• 金额: $ 25.52万
• 依托单位: CAULI LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10058150
• 关键词: Smart; REusable; Cup; Dispensers; REturn

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.

与全球人口增长有关的是，一次性塑料包装的生产、消费和处置不断增加。虽然塑料包装彻底改变了我们储存和消费食物的方式，但在我们的星球上，越来越多的塑料包装也带来了许多负面影响。一次性咖啡杯有一层薄薄的塑料衬里，可以装液体，这意味着它们不能在普通的纸张回收厂回收。因此，在出售给英国的32亿个杯子中，只有2.8%被回收利用，每天有50万个杯子被丢弃到垃圾填埋场（WRAP, 2022）。为此，Cauli开发了一个独特的解决方案来解决外卖一次性塑料包装的挑战：跟踪可重复使用的杯子借用和智能归还亭计划。考利的目标是颠覆咖啡行业，通过使可重复使用的塑料咖啡杯的采购、回收、收集和清洗过程变得方便和廉价，帮助顾客和供应商过渡到可重复使用的杯子。在这个项目中，考利将开发一个POS系统，让任何拥有支付卡的人都可以在规定的时间内免费收集和“借用”可重复使用的塑料杯。该项目还将升级Cauli的智能回收亭，以简化回收的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。Cauli将与Elior集团（世界第二大餐饮集团）和汉普郡医院NHS基金会信托基金进行HCD访谈和试验。考利直接解决了SSPPP和英国塑料公约的问题，即到2025年减少进入环境的塑料废物数量。