Al Gramo
Algramo, a Chilean platform, partners with major brands to deliver products in reusable packaging that is collected, cleaned, refilled and reused, reducing single-use packaging waste while still accounting for the packaging's eventual exit from the cycle.
As an example of this approach, consider Al Gramo, a chilean platform that partners with major brands to offer products in reusable packaging, collected, cleaned, refilled, and reused. This system dramatically reduces single-use packaging waste, demonstrating a practical application of circular principles by extending the life of packaging materials through multiple cycles. However, even in such a closed-loop system, the packaging will eventually degrade or be damaged, requiring its eventual return to the environment or recycling streams, thus acknowledging the temporal limitations of circularity and the need for designs that account for eventual material exit from the cycle.
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Entries this one is tied to through the book.
Books and references
- The Story of Stuff · both placed under Waste (outcome)
Examples
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) · both placed under The Circular Economy and recycling, critically
- The Story of Stuff (Annie Leonard) · both placed under Waste (outcome)
- An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore) · discussed together in section 160
- Fairphone · discussed together in section 160
- LifeStraw · discussed together in section 160
- Silent Spring (Rachel Carson) · discussed together in section 160
- Solar Sister · discussed together in section 160
In the framework
- Waste (outcome) · element
- Outcomes Component
- Environment (Ecological Niche)
- Sustainability
In the book
- Chapter 16, section 160 · Environment Dimension
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