( 01 ) — Use Case · Packaging

    Industrial packaging loops — closed, governed, live.

    Pallets, FIBCs, crates, and returnable packaging orchestrated into closed loops — from collection through recovery to certified recycled content. The vertical where our take-back programs run in production today.

    ( 02 ) — Who Operates These Programs

    Built for the packaging value chain.

    Packaging OEMs & Converters

    Manufacturers of pallets, FIBCs, films, and rigid packaging running take-back for their own products.

    Brand Owners & Industrial Users

    Companies with returnable packaging fleets and recycled-content commitments to document.

    Poolers, PROs & Recyclers

    Pool operators and compliance schemes orchestrating multi-party packaging recovery.

    ( 03 ) — Live in Production

    The vertical with named, working references.

    Pilot · Live

    Greiner

    Live pilot for closed-loop packaging recovery — governed collection, documented custody, and recovery routing across the existing partner network.

    Active Pilot

    Cabka

    Take-back program for recycled-plastics pallets and transport packaging — from end-of-life collection to verified secondary material for new production.

    Also in this vertical: signed letters of interest from the European FIBC industry association (EFIBCA) and a leading packaging machinery manufacturer — program scoping in preparation.
    ( 04 ) — How Packaging Loops Run

    Five steps from used packaging to certified content.

    ( 01 )

    Define Loop Rules

    Set collection triggers, quality specs, R-strategies (reuse / recondition / recycle), and accepted processors per packaging type.

    ( 02 )

    Register Packaging Fleets

    Log pallet pools, FIBC batches, and returnable units with material composition and circulation data.

    ( 03 )

    Orchestrate Collection & Sorting

    Coordinate returns from customer sites through drop-off points — reuse-grade separated from recycling-grade at the gate.

    ( 04 )

    QA & Bundle Streams

    Quality banding and virtual aggregation of regrind / recyclate streams into contract-ready lots.

    ( 05 )

    Close the Loop & Report

    Certified recycled content back into production — with chain-of-custody, mass balance, and PCF documentation by default.

    ( 05 ) — What's Recoverable

    Every packaging stream, tracked and quality-banded.

    Plastics (PP / PE)

    Pallets, crates, films — regrind and recyclate with verified provenance for recycled-content claims.

    FIBC Fabric

    Big-bag recovery streams with contamination screening and quality banding.

    Wood

    Pallet repair and cascading — reuse-grade separated before material recovery.

    Metals & Composites

    Frames, fittings, and composite packaging routed to certified processing.

    Regulatory Tailwind — PPWR & EPR

    Recycled-content targets are coming to every packaging category.

    The EU Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation sets binding recycled-content and reuse targets; EPR fees increasingly reward documented circularity. Programs on ContainerGrid generate the evidence as a byproduct of operations — not as an annual reporting scramble.

    ( 06 ) — Connects to Your Ecosystem

    Integrate with existing systems and partners.

    Production & ERP

    • ERP / MES integration
    • Material declarations
    • Batch & lot tracking

    Logistics & Pooling

    • Pool management systems
    • Carrier & depot integration
    • Return-point networks

    Compliance & Reporting

    • EPR / PPWR reporting
    • Digital product passports
    • PCF / mass balance exports

    Commercial

    • Offtake data rooms
    • QA / testing systems
    • Financial clearing

    Start where our loops already run.

    Scoped with your packaging and volume data — not a generic demo.

    Typical pilot: 8–12 weeks to first documented loop

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