Representative terminal scenario
11.9m
indicative cup uses per terminal each year in a current Melbourne/Sydney domestic-terminal scenario.
Business case / justify the decision
Single use isn't free.
The question is whether reuse stacks up better.
Airports and airlines already pay for cups, handling, waste, and disposal. Reuse has costs too. The meaningful comparison is the full cost of both systems over time, using your operating data to understand whether the case stands up.
The scale deserves a closer look
At aviation scale, the economics deserve more than an assumption.
Single route scenario
2.4m
indicative cups per year for a single airline route.
These are reference scenarios, not forecasts for every airport or airline.
Cup volumes are only the starting point. Your result will also depend on procurement, waste, collection, washing, logistics, storage, losses and operating requirements.
The better question is:
What would the full cost comparison look like in your operation?
Compare the systems, not just the cups
A useful comparison is built around your operation.
Single use
Procurement, handling, waste management, and disposal are part of the system you already pay for.
Reuse
Collection, washing, logistics, storage, and cup losses become part of the equation.
There is no useful universal savings percentage.
There can be a useful comparison built around your volumes, your costs and your operating model.
Give your internal champion a case they can defend
The numbers only work if the operation does.
Sustainability rarely makes this decision alone. Finance wants the economics. Operations wants to know the system is workable. Procurement needs to understand supply and service requirements. Leadership needs evidence before committing further.
Cost per use
Collection performance
Operating requirements
A defined pilot can replace assumptions with data from your own environment. You are no longer making the case for reuse in theory; you are making it with your own numbers.
Start with the questions worth answering
One route. One site. One proof point. Then decide.
We look at your existing volumes, costs, operating conditions and the assumptions that need validating.
From there, you can decide whether a contained pilot deserves the next investment of time and resources.
Frequently asked questions
A business case needs room for the real questions.
A considered first conversation starts with the realities of your operation, not a one-size-fits-all promise.
Not before we understand your operation. Current modelling is indicative. The commercial result depends on your volumes, current costs, and the proposed reuse model.
No. Both systems carry costs. The business case comes from comparing the full cost of each rather than the purchase price of the cups alone.
Cup volumes, procurement and waste costs, collection rates, losses, washing, logistics, storage, and operational requirements can all affect the result.