( 01 ) — Implementation Roadmap

    From first conversation to running program.

    What happens when, and who does what. The path is deliberately incremental: each phase produces a concrete artifact, and each phase boundary is a decision point. Typical elapsed time from scoping start to first evidence pack from your own material: one to two quarters.

    The phases

    Four phases, three decision points.

    ( 00 )
    1 to 2
    conversations

    Discovery

    No commitment

    Alignment on your asset base, obligations and goals. You bring the problem; we bring comparable program patterns. Output: a joint view on whether a scoped program is worth designing, and the draft scope for Phase 1.

    ( 01 )
    4–6
    weeks

    Scoping

    Fixed, bounded engagement

    Program design on your data: asset classes, sites, volumes, acceptance and documentation rules, network mapping (your partners plus gaps filled from the certified network), regulatory mapping, and the validated business case. Output: the Program Design and business case your management signs off, plus the pilot plan.

    • Your side: a program owner (2 to 4 hours per week), access to volume data, one workshop per week.
    • ContainerGrid: design lead, regulatory mapping, network analysis, business-case validation.
    ( 02 )
    8–12
    weeks

    Pilot

    To the first evidence pack

    The program runs on real material in a bounded scope: selected sites and streams, first partners onboarded (digital onboarding per operator in days), first governed collection flows, weighing and condition capture at every handoff. Output: the first audit-ready evidence pack from your own operations, and pilot metrics against the success criteria agreed in scoping.

    • Your side: program owner plus the operational contacts at pilot sites; IT in review, not build.
    • ContainerGrid: platform configuration, partner onboarding, dispatch rules, evidence-pack setup, weekly review.
    ( 03 )
    Scale
    on pilot evidence

    Scale

    Decision on pilot evidence

    Extension along three axes: more sites, more material streams, more regions. ERP and reporting integrations where they now pay off. Program governance moves into routine: quarterly reviews on recovery rates, quality distribution and evidence completeness.

    Milestone checklist

    Eight milestones, one owner each.

    01Internal alignment: obligations and asset scope namedChampion
    02Discovery conversation heldChampion + ContainerGrid
    03Scoping engagement approvedManagement
    04Program Design + business case signed offManagement
    05Pilot sites and partners confirmedProgram owner
    06First governed flow completedProgram owner + ContainerGrid
    07First evidence pack reviewed with complianceProgram owner + Compliance
    08Scale decision on pilot metricsManagement
    Planning note

    Regulatory deadlines are fixed points: battery passport February 2027, ELV recycled-plastic quotas 15% from 2032 and 25% from 2036, PPWR targets binding by 2030, CSRD waves through 2028. Work the phases backwards from the obligation that binds you first, and add two quarters of margin for the loop to become routine.

    Need this as a PDF for your colleagues? It is part of the champion kit, together with the internal FAQ, the business case template and the white paper.

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