Circular Bike-Box: Reusable Packaging for Ecommerce Bike Sales

该项目旨在消除自行车电子商务市场上的一次性包装，减少包装的二氧化碳排放量。问题是一次性纸板既浪费又难以管理。需要一种可重复使用的解决方案，在材料、生产、处理和客户体验方面具有成本效益和智能。创新集中在智能机制和材料组合上，创造了一个可折叠的盒子，可以很容易地返回和重复使用，以便向客户发送额外的自行车。这将为高价值的超大包装产品创造一个循环解决方案。该项目涉及设计和原型制作专业知识，并将与制造合作伙伴一起试验解决方案。在英国，每年有超过180万辆自行车在网上销售，可以节省超过450万公斤的二氧化碳，超过1000万公斤的一次性纸板可以避免填埋或燃烧。

This project aims to eliminate single use packaging in the bicycle eCommerce market and reduce the packaging CO2e.The problem is that single-use cardboard is wasteful and hard to manage. A reusable solution is required that is cost effective and smart in its approach to materials, production, handling and customer experience.The innovation centres on smart mechanisms and materials combinations to create a collapsible box that can be easily returned and reused to send additional bikes to customers. This will create a circular solution for high-value oversized packaging products.The project involves design and prototyping expertise and will trial solutions with manufacturing partners.With over 1.8million bikes sold online in the UK annually, over 4.5million kilogrammes of CO2 can be saved, with over 10million kg of single-use cardboard saved from landfill/burning.