Published Aug 25, 2020 8am EDT / 5am PDT / 1pm BST / 2pm CEST. With larger 140 ml containers, the economic savings relative to sachets, is US $29.88 and 300 sachets are eliminated. with a goal of expanding throughout the city and beyond. We envisage becoming a success story for our responsible use of plastic. Achondo, now managing director of Algramo, said their concept “allows local stores to enter the Internet of Things and to become protagonists in a world from which they once felt excluded—the world of innovation.” Chief Executive Moller added, “It’s important that, beyond the products or services that Algramo provides today, all the research and development that our teams are carrying out is focused on promoting local stores as neighborhood meeting places. Published 4 weeks ago. Santiago, Chile. systems that advance the future of retail. Targeting economies where recycling infrastructure is limited and small packaging items such as sachets often end up in the environment, Algamo introduces a reusable packaging system with dispensers and affordable containers. Yet a quick stroll through any neighborhood in Santiago reveals that local corner stores are still very much a fixture of Chilean life. For its US pilots, Algramo has partnered with Clorox and Colgate-Palmolive, to scale up the zero-waste distribution of common household cleaning and personal care products. In these ferias libres and in local grocery stores, many products are sold in bulk or by weight. in BK beginning this month, While dispenser systems are not new in themselves, Algramo is at the forefront of making them a frugal and robust system intended for markets where single-use sachets are the most prominent form of packaging, and therefore where designing them out will have the biggest impact. Buy smart reusable packaging once and say bye to single-use plastic. “The goal is to get cleaning products and other essential items to consumers without creating the waste of single-use packaging,” says Bridget Croke, managing director at Closed Loop Partners, the investment firm that runs the fund and that is helping guide the new launch. The following year, it was ranked 11th on B Lab’s “B Corps Best for the World” list; founded in 2006, B Lab certifies companies around the globe that meet strict criteria for social and environmental performance. Its participation includes a US$100,000 grant for the development of new technology prototypes to provide cheap food and Internet connections to the most vulnerable communities. Registered in England and Wales. “We are excited to partner with Algramo on this pilot as we Colgate-Palmolive, to two other pilot locations at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and in the Lower East Side and has plans to, What Big Data Can Do for the Recycling Industry, California Ramps up Consumer Drug Takeback Program With Help, Apeel is Reducing Waste One Cucumber at a Time, Baltimore City Councilman Endorses Hourly Raises for Sanitation Workers, Philadelphia Debuts Tool for Real-Time Trash Collection Updates, Improper Trash Disposal in Houston Leads to Fines, Indiana Recycling Coalition Announces Indiana Circular Economy Initiative, Allowed HTML tags:

. percent more for products. The business model is likely to appeal to more discerning New York Get our new promotions and products in our app! We see the advice from the New Plastics Economy Accelerator programme being an important source of knowledge, expertise, and industry connections, which will help us achieve these objectives. © 2020 Walk of Life Consulting Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Pro Athletes, Coaches Team Up to Redefine Masculinity Through ‘Good Men in Sport’, Sustainable Brands Gathers Global Brand Innovation Leaders at SB’18 Vancouver, Survey: Gen Z Counting on Brands to Help Create a ‘Radically Better Future’, Hey, Milton … Here We Are, After 50 Years of Friedmanomics. - Web: www.algramo.com Instagram: @algramo Facebook: @algramo They have developed a smart-packaging and reuse system that provides an economic benefit to consumers, brand partners, shop owners, and the environment by encouraging the reuse of packaging. Algramo is the only Chilean company and one of only three Latin American companies chosen among 600 grant candidates.