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Alner contributes to solving Indonesia’s plastic waste crisis with a reuse-and-refill packaging system
Around 5,5 million single-use sachets of detergent alone are wasted daily in Indonesia. Alner (Alternative Container, formerly known as Koinpack) offers consumers a tech-enabled refill system of packaging for the products of their daily needs, so they can be reused without damaging the environment.
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Location
Jakarta, Indonesia
Programme
Indonesia Accelerator
in partnership with Instellar
Website
www.alner.id
Alner is a young social enterprise founded to solve Indonesia’s single-use sachet crisis. Their reusable daily goods packages are spread through a network of local warungs, the small high-frequency stores where Indonesians get their foods and daily needs products. Due to the low-quality plastics are usually made of, they can’t be recycled and are one of the most problematic types of waste in the country. This makes them one of the most problematic types of waste in the country, causing health risks for local communities.
Through their blockchain-inspired, tech-enabled refill system of reusable containers, Alner offers a zero-waste alternative to package household essentials such as shampoo, dish soap and detergent. Consumers get more value for their money and receive a reward for returning their reusable containers. The containers are cleaned using food-safe cleaning processes designed to maintain product quality. This way, Alner’s deposit-and-reward system makes reusable packaging accessible to middle- and lower-income consumers.
Within just a few years after starting, the company has been able to sell over 15,000 zero-waste bottles through 35 sales points and online channels to more than 700 loyal customers in the Greater Jakarta area. That way, it has at least 100,000 single-use packages from becoming leaking into the environment.
Alner also creates value for local micro-entrepreneurs. The social enterprise enables warung store owners, peer-to-peer sellers and waste banks (community-owned enterprises that reuse and recycle garbage) to increase their income. In addition, large companies in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector can use the Alner system in their circular supply chain to sell their products zero waste.
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Participating in this accelerator will enable Alner to scale up business and expand the number of sales points within the Greater Jakarta region and beyond.
The Alner team will also use the support from IKEA mentors and Instellar experts to grow their network of local partners such as waste banks and peer to peer sellers. This will allow them to take significant steps towards their ultimate goal: becoming the first at-scale zero-waste delivery system in Asia, replacing millions of single-use packages.
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We're happy that more and more accelerators like IKEA are recognising Alner. This is a great way to further validate our solution. We’re very much looking forward to the relevant connections that this accelerator programme can provide to us.
Bintang Ekananda, Founder and CEO of Alner