The Step by Step Guide - Section 3: Implementation - Plastic Reboot

This is Section 3 of the Refill & Reuse Systems Handbook: Step by Step Guide. Learn more about the full guide here.

The Step by Step Guide provides practical guidance for the inclusive and context-driven design of reuse and refill systems. It translates real world experience and knowledge into actionable processes that can be applied by project teams, local governments, and implementing partners. While this guide has been created for Plastic Reboot’s 15 national projects, it is offered as a resource to anyone working at the intersection of design, implementation, innovation and policy in refill and reuse.

This guide aims to be both globally and locally relevant, with guidance, considerations, and examples from different geographic, cultural and economic contexts. This guide will help the user generate outputs and capture learnings using tools, templates, worksheets, and other practical resources. These help document progress and facilitate sharing and consolidating ideas across the project team, building capacity in reuse and refill solutions through the process.

About this section:

Section 3 moves the proposed refill intervention or reuse system from design to implementation. The section goal is to ensure governance, operations, financing, infrastructure, and engagement are fully aligned before launch so that the system can function effectively in practice. Throughout this process, the system design is translated into detailed operational plans, procurement strategies, infrastructure deployment, business recruitment and onboarding, marketing, testing, and launch activities. Together, these efforts support a coordinated launch while establishing the partnerships and processes needed to support long-term operation. At the end of this section, the program is launched!