Wecarry offers a deposit system for reusable bags made from 100 % organic cotton at the bakery. When you buy bread and other baked goods at participating bakeries, you can borrow an organic cotton bag for a deposit of 2 euros. This can be used as often as you like or returned to a participating bakery. Used bags are collected, cleaned and reused by Wecarry. “In Munich, we visit our partners every two weeks with e-cargo bikes, bringing fresh bags and picking up used ones. Outside the city, we use the bakeries‘ own logistics. This means that no additional trips are needed because the bakeries are regularly visited by the head office,” explains Mischa Wendel, co-founder of Wecarry.
One challenge remained: “We don't just pack our bread bags into the bakeries’ e-bikes or vehicles. We need packaging for our bread bags in the logistics process to ensure hygienic protection,” says Mischa Wendel. The Munich-based company has opted for a solution from Hamburg. Together with local partner organisations, the Hamburg-based company Wildplasticis bringing wild plastic back into the recycling loop in countries without adequate waste management – such as India or Indonesia – and processing it into new products such as bin liners and mailing bags. Littered plastic is all the plastic that is outside the recycling loop, in illegal landfills, in nature or on the streets.
One challenge remained: “We don't just pack our bread bags into the bakeries’ e-bikes or vehicles. We need packaging for our bread bags in the logistics process to ensure hygienic protection,” says Mischa Wendel. The Munich-based company has opted for a solution from Hamburg. Together with local partner organisations, the Hamburg-based company Wildplasticis bringing wild plastic back into the recycling loop in countries without adequate waste management – such as India or Indonesia – and processing it into new products such as bin liners and mailing bags. Littered plastic is all the plastic that is outside the recycling loop, in illegal landfills, in nature or on the streets.
