Cercle venues solution
Designed for scale. Proven to reduce waste.
A scalable reuse system for venues
Cercle is the perfect solution for large venues. Become an anchor point and leader in your community delivering a reuse option. Visitors order from any vendor, enjoy their drink anywhere in the complex, and drop their cup into any collection point. Cleaners and operators follow a unified workflow that keeps reusable cups and containers circulating smoothly.
Cercle products and systems unify everyone into one seamless, venue-wide reuse system. Whether it’s a VIP lounge, corporate box, mezzanine area, function room, exhibition hall or food court with twenty vendors or an airport serving thousands each day, Cercle eliminates disposable packaging waste while improving customer experience and simplifying operations.
Perfect for:
Food courts, airports, universities, hospitals, stadiums, retail centres, transport hubs and commercial precincts.
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 venues choose Cercle
Eliminate waste volumes and costs
High-traffic areas generate huge amounts of single-use packaging — Cercle stops it at the source.
Unify multiple areas under one simple system
No confusion, no competing processes — everyone uses the same cups and pods.
Improve the customer experience
Premium reusable cups elevate coffee quality and reduce clutter associated with disposables.
Support cleaner & operator workflows
Pods are designed for fast collection with removable sleeves and intuitive placement.
Demonstrate visible sustainability leadership
High-impact pods and branded cups make circularity a visible part of your precinct identity.
Track real impact
Precincts can see how many cups have been reused, how much waste has been avoided and how much waste has been reduced — with simple, top-line reporting.
What could your venue activation achieve in a year?
View impact calculations
Impact calculations displayed are conservative. This calculator is based on staff using only 1 x reusable per day, and the impact of replacing 1 x 12oz single-use cup and lid as the conversion. Actual precinct impacts may be much higher. Cercle tools can calculate your specific impact and important reuse metrics such as return rates and use cycles, to produce your Impact Report. Conversions and calculation formulas can be provided on request.
How Cercle works in a venue
Cercle integrates into any large, multi-vendor environment using a combination of smart products and streamlined processes.
Easy implementation
Cercle provides all products, signage, placement support, processes and training for cafés and cleaners
Premium experience
Customers enjoy their drink and food in premium reusables, and both use and return anywhere. Choose from either Cercle Steel or Cercle Lite seamlessly.
Venues focus on service
Venues serve in reusables with minimal disruption. Optional Cercle Reserve tech for deposit-free charge in open systems, with 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 location.
“Do it Again”
Simple, repeatable behaviour, high adoption, zero waste.
Cleaning and returning reusables
Cleaning staff empty internal tubes or sleeves and consolidate cups for cleaning. Use existing commercial dishwashers on-site, or Cercle Social’s off-site wash hub (Sydney Metro). Clean cups are redistributed to venues and the “Cercle” repeats!
Venues and others 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.
Brand the entire venue
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 venue 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
Most precincts already have dishwashers — Cercle integrates directly into existing processes.
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. 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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