Cercle cafes solution
Hassle free reuse, designed for your cafe
A scalable reuse system for cafes
Cercle for Cafes options are easy to implement and simple for you and your customers to use.
Choose a Starter Pack designed to quickly get going, and scale to your individual needs. Choose to wash reusables onsite, or opt into a washing service.
Perfect for:
Local cafes, corporate buildings, mobile coffee vans, coffee roaster clients, brand conscious boutique cafes, and high volume venues
A visible, unified experience brought to life with mature products and systems
Reusable cup and container ranges
Both hot and cold cup options. Go beyond with containers. Both stainless steel and PP material options for more choice.
Drop Pods for simple collections
Make return points obvious and simple to use. Indoor, outdoor and event smart options. These aren’t bins, they are experiences.
Cercle Reserve tech and tracking
Cover loss costs and encourage returns through simple tracking. No apps, no customer registrations, and digital marketing and data options.
Australian Social Enterprise with heart
A core value offering professional onsite/offsite washing and reuse services. Support social & environmental benefits each use.
Why cafes choose Cercle
Eliminate waste volumes and costs
High-traffic areas generate huge amounts of single-use packaging — Cercle stops it at the source. And can save you money while doing it.
Simple to start
Starter packages with lease or purchase options that are discounted to get you up and going quickly with a reuse system. Easy to scale once established.
Go beyond BYO
No need to rely on customers carrying or remembering to bring their cup. You now always have a reuse option customers can opt into.
Improve the customer experience
Premium reusable cups elevate coffee quality and reduce clutter associated with disposables. Better than single use in every way.
Support staff workflows
Drop Pods are designed for fast collection with removable sleeves. Optional tech does not require integrations and seamlessly fits into order processes.
Demonstrate visible sustainability leadership
A sustainability initiative that makes existing customers happy, and attracts the eco-conscious. Make circularity a visible part of your venue identity.
Track real impact
Every cup is tracked. Create amazing socials and stories about what you and your customers are collectively achieving.
What could your cafe activation achieve in a year?
Impact calculation information
This slider displays simple impact conversions of replacing 1 x 12 oz single-use disposable coffee cup and lid ($0.25) as the conversion. Actual impacts may be much higher and depending on uptake and options chosen. Full Cercle impact reporting can calculate your specific impact and important reuse metrics such as return rates and use cycles. Check out our Impact Page to explore further.
How Cercle works in a cafe
Cercle integrates into any small or large, multi-vendor environment using a combination of smart products and streamlined processes.
Easy implementation
Cercle reuse systems include all products, signage, training resources and support you need for staff and/or cleaners.
Simple as you need
Offer reusables in a ‘trust based’ implementation, or use optional tech like Cercle Reserve to cover replacement costs if reusables do not return. Fit the system to your needs.
Venues focus on service
Venues serve in reusables with minimal disruption. Cercle tech is designed to be as easy and simple as possible. No apps or complex tech/integration burdens.
“Drop It” – Simple collections
Return cups to any designer Drop Pod, Smart Pod or designated return point — no need to return to the original point of purchase if in a network.
“Do it Again”
Simple, repeatable behaviour, high adoption, zero waste.
Get started quickly
Starter Packs have been created to quickly start with all you need to start offering Cercle to customers. Scale with demand or to eliminate single use entirely!
Cafes using Cercle
Check out our case studies below to explore how your sector and others are implementing reuse.
Trusted by
Cercle works with Councils, corporates, landlords, developers, universities, cafes and more to develop the reuse solutions of the future.
Cercle Reserve: Payment hold solution
Cercle Reserve is our simple scan and tap option to give you confidence to loan out reusables, and get them back. No apps or signups.
Go beyond ‘Trust Based’ models with confidence and scale reuse.
Customise to your brand
While Cercle Blue is designed for a visually unified, appealing and identifiable reuse opportunity, there are many custom branding options to promote a message and unify a cafe or project.
Cups
Laser etched for durability. Highlight your brand and commitment, as well as important reuse messaging.
Food Trays
Multiple container types to provide clear and inspiring messaging. Custom colour options.
Drop Pods
Visually connect your branded reusables in colour and image to the return points.
Smart Pods
Clear messaging and sponsor branding opportunities on these engaging return points.
Washing your reusables
On-site cleaning
Simply wash with the rest of your existing dine-in service ware.
Off-site cleaning (Wash Hubs)
Don’t want to (or can’t) wash ? Use one of Cercle’s dedicated wash hubs and don’t worry about the washing (where available). Cercle collects full pods, washes cups in dedicated wash-centres, and returns clean stock when you need it.
Available in NSW, VIC and more areas coming soon.
Cleaner-friendly designs
All our cups, containers are made to be commercial dishwasher safe. Our Drop Pods are simple to move and clean. Removable (and reusable!) sleeves simplify servicing even in extremely high-traffic environments. Don’t treat your reusables like waste – treat them like the amazing assets they are.
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