For us, reusable is a REAL circular economy

Billions of units of glass packaging for food are produced using fossil energy, chemicals and scarce resources - in order to melt it down again after use and produce the same packaging again. We want to change that by reusing them.

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Our mission: Close the cycle for retail packaging with reusable packaging

We are working to make reusable the standard for pre-packaged foods, such as oils, vinegars, preserves and sauces. With a full-service approach, we turn reusable into a new single-use option.

Reusable is the new single-use

We ensure that reusable packaging becomes the new standard for prepackaged food. To do this, reusable must be as easy as single-use.

Convenience with reusable use is our core competence.

Convenient for consumers

Customised for manufacturers

Convenient for retailers

The team behind dotch

We are a constantly growing team that loves and lives well-thought-out cycles.

Veronika Pfender

Co-Founder and Co-Managing Director

Our recipe is no secret: we talk to people. Regardless of whether it is the development of reusable containers, the introduction in retail or the logistics organization. We work with customers, interview experts, and are always looking for synergies. This is the only way to achieve a true circular economy.

Andre Pietzke

Co-Founder and Co-Managing Director

We founded dotch with the aim of initiating a real system change in handling packaging and also to represent it economically - and not simply to launch another product onto the market.

Tim Winkler

Co-Founder and Technical Director

At dotch, I am responsible for the entire area of product development, logistics and cleaning. Since we offer a managed pool of containers, we can really close cycles and precisely calculate the ecological advantage of our system on an individual basis.

Michael Kaiser-Gassen

Key Account Manager

Reusable must adapt to customers and retailers and not the other way around. My aim is for the system to be integrated as smoothly as possible into the processes of manufacturers and retail partners.

Reusable is teamwork

At dotch, we firmly believe in the power of collaboration: A transformation towards a true circular economy can only be successful if many people participate in it. Our network is our strength.

BNW Bundesverband Nachhaltige Wirtschaft e.V.

We are a proud member of BNW — the voice of the sustainable economy.

Arbeitskreis Mehrweg

We carry the official German reusable seal.

Mehrwegverband Deutschland e.V.

We are a founding member and active on the board of the Reusable Association Germany.

EU Reuse Alliance

We are a member of the European Reusable Network.

Circular Futures

We are partners of the Circular Economy Initiative.

Stiftung AusserGewöhnlich Berlin

We are part of the Extraordinary Network.

Circular ERP

We are a pilot partner of the ERP system for circular economy.

Testimonials

What customers and partners say about us

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Liane Maxion

CEO Naturata AG