Now piloting with European industry leaders
    Workflow OS for the Circular Economy

    Linear supply chains have SAP and Oracle.
    Circular ones have nothing ContainerGrid.

    Your products contain materials you'll need again. ContainerGrid designs, launches, and operates the take-back programs that get them back. The platform already runs 1M+ orders across 3,800+ drop-off points served.

    Not a better ERP: the middleware that does the work no ERP wants to do.

    Get a Scoped ProgramBook a Demo
    A 4–6 week scoping sprint, built on your asset and recycling data.
    Or get the champion kit to make the internal case.
    Sovereignty

    Less dependence on imports and single suppliers.

    Resilience

    Supply keeps flowing when markets or borders don't.

    P&L Impact

    Sourcing volatility and write-offs hit the bottom line. This is a procurement and profit conversation.

    70+
    Recyclers on the Platform
    3,800+
    Drop-off Points Served
    1M+
    Orders Processed
    30,000+
    Material Articles Standardized
    There is no incumbent to replace.
    This workflow never had software.
    ContainerGrid is the missing middleware for the circular economy. We orchestrate the network: we don't compete with it.
    The Governed Chain

    From asset owner to offtaker: every handoff documented.

    OEM / Asset Owner
    registers assets
    Dismantler
    governed dismantle
    Recycler
    quality-gated
    Material Article
    VMA · contract-grade
    Offtaker
    allocated lot
    ▸ every handoff documented · every route approved · evidence by default
    Platform Architecture

    Account for it. Then take it back.

    One books your materials. One brings them back.

    THE MATERIAL BACKBONE

    Virtual Material Account (VMA)

    The recyclers' output, booked in one material language.

    A live ledger of every material you own. You allocate each lot with your partner recyclers into offtake quotas per producer and product line, and secure critical raw materials for your own production: partnership anchored in shared data, not equity.

    Mass-balance tracking, decoupled from physical flows.

    Ownership ledgerAllocation controlMass balancingAudit-ready certification
    Procurement control, supply security, material value capture: where the larger ROI sits.
    ▸ Matching trained on 1M+ real pickup and processing orders and 30,000+ standardized material articles.
    THE SERVICE BACKBONE

    Orchestration Engine

    Residual material value, recovered as a service that scales.

    Coordinate every pickup, handoff, and processor under your rules, and turn take-back into a service line you run at scale, with a partner network you don't have to build.

    Governed routingR-strategy decisionsVirtual pooling & aggregation (Virtual Material Hubs)Evidence at every handoff
    New service revenue, plus lower coordination and transport cost.

    Your service organization runs on the engine. Your procurement runs on the account.

    How your material account builds itself.

    ( 01 )

    Invite your recyclers

    Your existing partners get connected in days, not quarters. Nobody gets replaced.

    ( 02 )

    Weighing slips flow

    Every pickup is standardized automatically: material, quality, quantity, origin.

    ( 03 )

    The account becomes contract-ready

    Mass balance per recycler and product line, allocation to your production, audit-ready evidence on demand.

    Book a Scoping SessionGet the Champion Kit
    Proof

    Working with the companies that own the materials.

    Greiner
    Cabka
    Hitachi Energy
    Imaging & Office Equipment OEM
    350,000+
    weighing slips behind our material-quality data
    ~1/3
    of Germany's drop-off network served · incl. facilities of the largest disposal groups
    55+
    ecosystem partners on 6 continents · 25+ consortia
    ~99.5%
    uptime in production since 2021
    Programs in Motion
    • Municipal waste operations: route optimization for a city fleetCONTRACTED
    • Consumer sports equipment take-back with a European brandLOI SIGNED
    • Pumps & HVAC take-back, four manufacturers in parallelPILOT PREP
    • EV battery recovery: cathode-metal accounting with research partnersPRE-COMMERCIAL
    • Wind, PV & hydrogen asset recovery: R&D consortium with confirmed material offtakerIN PREPARATION
    • Vessel end-of-life & steel recovery with a global shipping operatorSCOPING
    • Grid-scale transformer end-of-life with an energy-infrastructure OEMSCOPING
    • Bottom-ash metal recovery with a waste-to-energy operatorSCOPING

    New programs enter scoping every quarter. References available on request.

    EIT RawMaterialsCatena-XUNIDOBitkomBDIGIZRWTH AachenHEC Paris

    Where the standards are written

    Active seats in three Catena-X working groups: Material Accounting, Chem-X, Circular Economy
    EU Digital Product Passport Community of Practice (CIRPASS-2)
    Contributing member, DIN UAG III 'Reuse of Products & Parts: Methods for Data Collection, Data Management & Quantification of Environmental Impacts'
    BDI Initiative Circular Economy (Federation of German Industries)
    QI-Digital initiative of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany's National Metrology Institute

    70+ recyclers on the platform · 3,800+ drop-off points served · 1M+ orders processed · 30,000+ material articles standardized

    How We Engage

    Decision-gated. Never all-or-nothing.

    Every phase ends with evidence and an explicit go/no-go. You buy certainty in increments, not a transformation program.

    Step 0 · 30 min

    Scoping Session

    Map your asset classes, material streams, and recovery options with our team.

    Step 1 · 4–6 weeks

    AI-Scoped Program Design

    A packaged, costed program concept for your assets. A program is a governed, repeating recovery workflow for one asset class.

    Step 2 · 8–12 weeks

    Proof-of-Value Pilot

    Governed pilot on live orders with your existing contractors, measured against agreed criteria.

    Step 3 · Scale

    Take-Back-as-a-Service

    Roll out per business unit, asset type, and material stream: regionally, then globally.

    Success criteria: agreed before we start, measured before you scale
    ≤ 5 days operator onboarding≥90% routing accuracy≥ 40% coordination-overhead reduction≥ 95% documentation completeness
    Outcomes

    Measured in production.

    3×
    Faster operator onboarding
    −40%
    Transport cost through routing & bundling
    2×
    Material value via grading & aggregation
    20–35d
    Asset dwell time, down from 60–90 days

    Observed in production programs. Audit-grade chain of custody on every order.

    Where Other Categories End

    Existing software categories stop at your factory gate.

    Multi-party executionGoverned routingChain of custodyMaterial supply (VMA)Neutral to network
    ContainerGrid✓✓✓✓✓
    ERP (SAP, Oracle)—————
    Marketplaces—————
    Traceability tools——✓—✓
    Consultancies~~~—✓
    ✓ Covered · ~ Partial · — Not covered
    One Platform, Three Entry Points

    Built for every stakeholder in the recovery chain.

    OEMs & Asset Owners

    Manufacturers · infrastructure operators · industrial asset owners
    • Govern end-of-life assets across contractors
    • Enforce approved routes and quality standards
    • Audit-ready evidence by default
    Explore →

    Circular Service Providers

    PROs · integrators · consultancies · logistics · ITAD providers
    • Operate multi-client recovery programs at scale
    • White-label execution with full traceability
    • Automated reporting for every customer
    Explore →

    Recyclers & Operators

    Recyclers, dismantlers & specialty processors
    • Standardize workflows across sites
    • Access enterprise recovery programs
    • Documentation and compliance built-in
    Apply to Join →
    Use Cases

    Where we run programs

    Automotive

    Automotive Take-Back Programs

    Vehicle-origin: EV batteries, components, dealer & dismantler networks.

    CROSS-INDUSTRY
    Packaging NEW

    Industrial Packaging Loops

    Packaging & reusable carriers (pallets, crates, IBCs) across any industry.

    Electronics

    IT & Equipment

    IT hardware and electronic equipment.

    Industrial Equipment

    Pumps, HVAC & Machinery

    Rotating and powered industrial equipment: pumps, HVAC, drives, machinery.

    Infrastructure

    Energy · Rail · Telco · Maritime

    Fixed network assets: energy, rail, telco, maritime.

    Construction

    Deconstruction & Urban Mining

    The built environment: deconstruction, mineral material streams, building products.

    CROSS-INDUSTRY
    Industrial Byproducts NEW

    CCU & Nature-Based Streams

    Industrial process outputs: CCU (carbon capture & utilization), mineral & nature-based streams.

    For processing technologies →

    Different asset base?

    Most programs start exactly there: machinery, equipment, and asset classes we haven't published yet.

    Scope a program →
    Regulatory
    Tailwinds
    EU Battery RegulationESPR & Digital Product PassportELV RegulationCRMACSRDCBAMEPR / PPWRWEEE

    Start with one program. Build on infrastructure.

    Start with a 30-minute scoping session.

    Get a Scoped ProgramBook a 15-min Call
    A 4–6 week scoping sprint, built on your asset and recycling data.
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