Kamupak (Finland) | Kleenhub (Denmark) | Vytal (Sweden) | reCIRCLE (Switzerland/Denmark) | Recup/Rebowl (Germany) | Pyxo (France) | Bumerang (Spain) | Retoornado (Spain) | |
Raw materials for your packaging | pp-plastic | PP bowl and Lid with TPE and PP | Polyprolyne | Polybutylenterephthalat with 30% of Glassfibers | Polypropylene | Mainly PP, also Tritan and recyclable glass (verre sodo-calcique) | Polypropylene | Polypropylene |
Volume of packaging | 500 ml; 1.2 L; 1.7 l | 1250 ml | 750, 1250 mL | BOX 1M: 1200ml BOX 2M: 1000ml BOX 1S: 600ml BOX MENU L: 900ml | Cups: 200ml, 300ml 400ml 500ml, Bowls: 550 ml, 590 + 320 ml, 1100 ml | From 120mL to 1500mL, mainly 750mL | Cups -> 200-500ml, Bowls -> 500-1250ml, Trays -> 700-1500ml | Small box 38 x 28 x 8 cm Medium box 42 x 28 x 12 cm Large box 42 x 32.5 x 15 cm |
Weight of packaging (min. and max. weight) | from 48 g; 107 g; 118 g | 266 grams | x, 266 grams | BOX 1M: 220g BOX 2M: 254g BOX 1S: 159g BOX MENU L: 268g (including Lids) | Min: 7 gram lid for the cups or 30 gram for the smallest cup Max: 219 gram for bowl with separation including lid | Average for 750mL : 120g | Cups -> 15*-30g, Bowls -> 87 - 180g (with lid) | from 350g up to 550g |
Durability of product | 100 times | 200 times | 138 to 142 times | 200 washing cycles or more. We just checked up to 200 uses. But, more could also be possible regarding washing. Since, not washing is the issue but the usage (knife and fork) is the problem | Cups: 1000 cycles Bowls: 500 cycles | Our oldest container yet has done 130 cycles, but it means it can live longer | Cups -> 500-1000* cycles, Bowls -> 200-500 cycles | From 20 up to 40 uses in normal conditions. Depending on the the content delivered in our boxes, the durability can be improved or reduced. |
Production process | Injection moulding | Injection moulding | Injection molding, EUROPEAN | Injection moulding | - | For plastic : injection | PP injection | PP injection sheets that are transformed into boxes. |
Country of production/Transport method | Sweden | Germany/Holland | Germany | Switzerland. The granule is from Italy and the Netherlands and soon Sweden. | We are producing everything in Germany The transportation methods are DHL Green with vans and DB Schenker with semi trucks | Netherlands, Germany, France – initial transport mainly truck | Netherlands and Germany Truck transport palletized with standard EU Pallet | We are importing from Asia right now (coming into containers via sea) and making short runs within Spain (transported via truck in EUR pallets). |
Reuse rate (number of reuse cycles) | 90% | 95% | 99.3%, it is free if they return it before 14 days | In theory, people buy a box and after finising the meal, people return it to the restaurant. Restaurant washes and sells the BOX again. In reality, only 20% do so. 80% buy a box once, and then keep it at home or office and take it with them when they go to the restaurant. | We are currently working on reliable reuse rates (for durability please see above) | Our return rate (everytime we lend a container, what are the odds it comes back in 14 days) is between 92 and 98%. The older the network is, the higher this rate becomes. | 99.5% thanks to our digital penalty system | Right now with closed circuits, return rate is 100% |
Reuse process | App; When borrowing, the user agrees to return the dishes within 14 days to one of our partner restaurants. Multiple dishes can be borrowed at once. | App, borrow a cup or container by scanning the NFC card at the counter, you have 10 days to return packaging or restaurant within the network | Download app, Ask for Vytal and order your takeaway in reusable, lend it with the QR code free of charge and return within 14 days | Since we do not track, we do not know. But, we have products in circulation that were produced in 2016. | We are currently working on reliable reuse rates (for durability please see above) | It is usually washed internally by the restaurant (only 4% of restaurants outsource it today but for large scale schemes it will be mainly outsourced) | Return-on-the-go (as Ellen Macarthur Foundation classification). Transportation for return is considered non existent as our consumers are the ones returning the containers to our partners. | Customer has to return their subscription stuff in the same box as it was received. |
Cleaning/washing: i) water (amounts of water and temperature), ii) detergent (chemical composition and amounts) | Done by restaurants | Done by restaurants | Restaurants have to clean it/users to rinse it/Industry washing. | Restaurant and end-users do the washing so differs very much. | We don’t have detailed information on that. The products are in general heat resistant up to 85°C | For restaurants that wash internally, water consumption : average of 6 l/cycle. One cycle is between 10 and 25 items. | As we don't offer central washing we don't know, however we know most of our partners have industrial washing from companies | We are working clothing industry so no need to wash with water. Only in spot we need to clean with some wet cloths. |
End-of-life | Returned to plastic recycling in Finland, where the material is recycled (Lassila & Tikanoja) | At the moment there are not so many, but they collect them back and reuse them | Plan: sell material back to the raw material supplier, regrinded. They are returned and stored | Lids: Downcycling into concrete spacers. (Cups and transparent BOXes will also be downcycling) aubergine BOXes hopefully recycling into new BOXes (Permission not yet granted) | The products can be 100% recycled. Our producer takes old or damaged products back for recycling. | Recycling mainly for PP and glass, downcycling for Tritan (construction industry) | Recycling with PP injector in Barcelona area, 20km transportation with trucks in palletized. In 3 years we haven't been able to get enough containers to recycle. | We still haven’t had waste, but the goal is to send to a recycling PP plant to make it reusable again for same purpose. |