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Mechanical Engineering student, Baijang Wang, writes a piece on 颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴, the smart, reuse system that combines returnable packaging with tracking technology to tackle the global plastic waste crisis.

Author: Baijang Wan, MSc Engineering with Innovation and Entrepreneurship student, 果冻影院 Mechanical Engineering.聽
What is聽颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴?

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颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴 is a smart reuse system that combines returnable packaging with tracking technology to tackle the global plastic waste crisis. 颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴 offer restaurants, cafes and their customers a zero-waste alternative to single-use plastic packaging that is convenient and eliminates the need for single-use plastic packaging. And guess what? Their reusable cups are available in the following 果冻影院 颁补蹿茅s:

• Brew Bar, 22 Gordon Street;
• 颁补蹿茅 on the Quad;
• Engineering 颁补蹿茅;
• Institute of Education聽颁补蹿茅, Floor 4;
• The Housman (staff only);
• Student Centre 颁补蹿茅;
• Science Library 颁补蹿茅;
• Wilkins 颁补蹿茅.

颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴's Borrow & Return system allows students, faculties聽and staff to ditch single-use plastics and make reusables the new norm for FREE! Plus, you avoid an extra 25p charge聽when using 颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴 or other reusable cups.

As part of the Sustainability Strategy, 果冻影院聽are rethinking our behaviours to address unsustainable consumption and聽have a mission to reduce waste per person by 20% and become a single-use plastic free聽campus by 2024.聽By signing up to 颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴 you can help achieve this聽goal!聽听听

Sign up to use 颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴 in 2 simple steps:

Borrow

and register to Borrow returnable cups free on campus.

Return

Scan and return your reusable cup to any 颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴 yellow box across 果冻影院. Find these in participating cafes!

To date, 果冻影院 has already聽served 3,200+ hot drinks in reusable packaging saving 192kg+ of CO2 and 112kg+ of plastic and paper waste at 果冻影院 alone.

鈥淎s a 果冻影院 Mechanical Engineering student, I'm always looking for ways to incorporate sustainability into my daily routine, and that's why I love using 颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴 for my morning coffee. It's a hassle-free and eco-friendly option that aligns with my values, and I feel proud to support a company that's committed to sustainability.鈥� -Baijiang Wan

颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴's story so far

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颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴 was founded in 2018 by Safia Qureshi, 果冻影院 alumni, with an aim to replace single-use plastic packaging. Since their launch, they've won a number of awards including their most recent 2022

D&AD wood pencil for Best in Packaging Design. At the end of 2022, they signed a 拢1M deal with Just Eat for Business, working together towards their collective mission of reducing waste in the takeaway sector. 颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴 packaging uses 50% less CO2 than single-use plastic-lined cups and food boxes and can be fully recycled at the end of their lifecycle, with each product being used a minimum of 250 times! They've already served 3,000+ customers across cities in Europe and North America and saved 2.2million+ single-use plastic items ending up in landfills and they're only just getting started.

颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴's commitment to building a future free of plastic waste remains unwavering as it continues to pave the way to a more sustainable world with zero waste.

Baijiang is currently completing his project to design a reusable pizza box. The design and operations of聽颁尝鲍叠窜贰搁脴 had聽practical implications for his own project and therefore used it as part of his case study.听听