Vessel

Vessel is positively disrupting the disposables' industry. 

58 Billion paper cups are landfilled every year in the US alone. This is a big problem that Vessel is addressing with their solution. 

Vessel offers customers, cafes and the city a superior option to paper and plastic cups. Vessel relies on proven systems reinvented for modern needs. Inspired by the glass-bottle model, Vessel uses sophisticated tracking and a library style service. Cafe-goers sign up for free and can check in and out Vessel mugs at cafes or convenient drop points across the city. 

Their service replaces the need for single-use cups by offering the same “disposable” convenience while removing the hassle of remembering and maintaining a personal to-go mug.

Vessel’s tech-enabled solution offers customers real-time feedback of the positive impact their choices have when they receive updates from Vessel on how much waste they have diverted from landfills. 

Their service is free to the consumer with business paying a small, per-use fee that is close to or less in cost than the current expenses incurred for disposables. City trash services also serve to save significantly on the reduced labor and disposal costs incurred in maintenance of public trash cans.  

Led by founder Dagny Tucker, the core team blends backgrounds in business, systems and design-thinking, urban ecosystems, user-experience and technology.  They are currently in conversations to scale with officials in one major city and multiple large property ownership groups globally.

With proof-of-implementation already achieved they are well-positioned to execute successful large-scale projects.