<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-08-26T13:36:10Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/2DE39745-AC11-45E5-8E8E-25704B9B38E6" ns1:id="2DE39745-AC11-45E5-8E8E-25704B9B38E6"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/4E83E41C-F9B6-4338-A6FF-DFBE1CC9956B" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/440EFAF0-A49C-4876-B32E-41A985C865F2" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/440EFAF0-A49C-4876-B32E-41A985C865F2" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2022-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/653386D8-60FF-4575-AFE2-DC787FC4299A" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2021-09-30T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10009021</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>An innovative borrow-and-return reusable takeaway packaging system that makes reuse as convenient as single-use, bringing in corporate funds and responsibility to reduce waste from lunchtime takeaways.</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>UK lunch-on-the-go generates 11 billion pieces of single-use packaging waste each year (Hubbub). Today, unless people bring their own reusable container for lunch, they inevitably generate single-use packaging waste from most to-go meals. Takeaways have become a workplace standard and are a major component of the office waste stream, despite 8 in 10 UK consumers trying to reduce their plastic waste (Guardian). As employees return-to-work in the wake of COVID, there is an unprecedented opportunity to change behaviours and redefine consumption norms within offices.

junee is tackling the single-use takeaway packaging challenge by making reuse as easy as single-use. junee partners with companies and restaurants to create a convenient borrow-and-return system of reusable containers that employees can use during their workday lunch. In this project, junee will research and develop innovative tech and reverse logistics processes that will enable a transition from single-use packaging to reusable packaging for lunchtime takeaways and beyond.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>