February 5×5 Night
Voting Closes:
February 17, 2025 11:59 pm
Impact
For every 1,000 reusable containers that are put out into the community that will save roughly 52,000 items being sent to a landfill every year. For restaurant owners that will save them the cost of ordering 52,000 single-use containers.
Other economic impacts of this project would be to help the state of Michigan "...reach its goal of 45% diversion rate as stated in the 2021 Gap Analysis. By achieving this goal Michigan would create up to 138,000 jobs and see a reduction of up to 7M tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions."
What I'll do with $5,000
If I were to win the $5,000 from the 5x5 competition, I will use the funds for investing necessary equipment to expand such as, reusable containers, storage containers and shelves, a website domain, accounting software, and a bar code/QR code scanners to effectively track the reusable containers and our environmental impact. I would also invest in social media promotion and employing other individuals, more specifically an operations manager, to help Takeout Takeout grow. We are roughly $4,500 away from being able to invest in the equipment to be fully operational with our beta test partners.