Real circular economy with the dotch reusable system

Our standard for pre-packaged food in glass — holistically, as a full service

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Living a circular economy: The reusable system for prepackaged food

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The reusable system from dotch

The climate chooses reusable — and so do consumers: Reduced CO2 Emissions, saving precious resources, taking care of the environment. At dotch, we ensure that reusable food becomes the new standard for prepackaged food — the reusable system as a full service that makes ecological and economic sense.

Our service includes:

Development of reusable containers

Support for trade partners

Ensuring returnability

Carrying out the cleaning

Individual calculation of CO2 savings potential

Procedural support when switching to reusable

The reusable cycle in one hand

As a full-service provider of reusable glass packaging, we take care of the entire cycle: from delivery, collection, sorting and cleaning — making reuse as easy as single-use.

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Bottling

We deliver bottles and jars on pallets for bottling

02
Sale

In Germany, numerous trading partners are already participating in the dotch system

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Use & Consumption

Consumers are already familiar with reusable packaging for drinks or dairy products.

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Restitution

This is where the magic of circulation begins: The reusable containers are returned via reverse veding machines or at the cash register.

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Collection & Sorting

Together with trading partners, we take care of the return of the containers.

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Cleaning

The bottles and jars are cleaned and packaged by our professional cleaning partner.

Our value

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Do you sell food in glas and want to switch to reusables containers? Use our existing pool containers or our expertise to develop new pool containers for you and with you. We will be happy to advise you!

Our standard for oil, vinegar, syrup & seasoning sauce

The 0.5l & 0.25l reusable pool bottles, with functional secondary carriers

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Our solutions for other prepackaged foods

Spreads, sauces & dips, canned fruit & vegetables — we are expanding our portfolio together

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Our consulting service

We are experts and think reusable systems holistically - we are happy to advise you

These trading partners already run our dotch reusable system:

News & events

Find out here what's currently moving us or where you can meet us next

Network

Zero-Waste-Festival 26./27.03., Barcelona

André will be attending the Zero Waste Festival in Barcelona on behalf of Team dotch, which will also be the venue for New ERA's next General Assembly - an important gathering to think European, drive progress & network! At the Zero Waste Festival, organised by Zero Waste Europe, there will also be two days of workshops, discussions and events - with a focus on reusables on 27 March. We will report back!

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Network

Why reusable use requires courage

Network meeting “GutesGutverpackt” on 28.01, organized by AllerLiebe - a space for exchange, ideas, solutions with representatives from business, associations and politics as well as the question of what conditions are needed for reuse to become more established.

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Year in review

What moved us in 2024:

We are happy to adopt well-established structures, such as those from beverage retailers — and this also applies to formats of annual summaries. Not only has our team size almost doubled, but have a look for yourself!

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85°C

Cleaning instead of new production

Our containers are cleaned at 85°C warm water instead of being produced over and over again at 1,600°C.

50%

Saving CO2

Our reusable system saves an average of 50% of CO2-Emissions from glass packaging.

1,400

Return locations throughout Germany

Our dotch bottles are easy to return to our partners via the deposit machine.

98%

0.5l dotch bottle in organic stores

Almost all organic retailers can get cooking oil in our 0.5l reusable bottle.

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1,400
Return locations throughout Germany
98%
Organic retailers sell our 0.5l reusable bottle
85°C
Cleaning instead of new production
50%
Saving CO2

Reusable is teamwork — our network is our strength

A true circular economy & transformation depends on collaboration

Testimonials

What customers and partners say about us

Reusable systems are becoming increasingly important and represent a necessary development. At the same time, however, they are a challenge for food retailers. As a system provider, dotch is committed to making the introduction of reusable packaging in various product areas as easy as possible for all parties involved, in particular food retailers. I like that dotch involves everyone along the chain.

Jochen Vogel

CEO REWE Region North

dotch's 'packaging-as-a-service” model also gives smaller manufacturers access to reusable packaging. dotch is therefore a pioneer for reusable 2.0.

Tobias Bielenstein

CEO Reusable Working Group & Head of Public Affairs GdB

Thanks to dotch, we don't have to worry about sourcing, cleaning and the logistics of the bottles.

Liane Maxion

CEO Naturata AG

dotch has recognized the complexity of deposit handling in retail and is significantly reducing it for us.

Georg Kaiser

Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board, BIO COMPANY

Our products are in reusable packaging - that is our goal. But alone, without a service partner like dotch, we could represent reusable neither ecologically nor economically.

Inga Ali

CEO AllerLiebe and WildLand

With dotch, we are happy to have found a system provider with whom we can now offer our oils in reusable bottles throughout the organic retail.

Judith Faller-Moog

Owner and CEO Ölmühle Moog / BIO PLANÈTE

Moving from a linear economy to a circular economy is a real challenge. And this is where dotch offers a solution that enables its partners to do just that.

Dr. Katharina Reuter

CEO BNW Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft e.V.

dotch stands for 'do the change' and we have no less in mind: Instead of just launching a product on the market, we looked for the big lever in the packaging problem right from the start. Our solution: a reusable system.

André Pietzke, Veronika Pfender, Tim Winkler
Founder of dotch

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