The company offers a turnkey reverse‑logistics platform that coordinates collection, transportation, and high‑efficiency recycling of used child safety seats for large retailers, manufacturers, and municipal waste agencies. Its automated dismantling line recovers roughly 85 % of seat weight as reusable polymers and metals and provides detailed ESG and EPR compliance reporting to support sustainability goals.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
A significant portion of used child safety seats—up to 90%—are disposed of in landfills, creating plastic waste and contributing to greenhouse‑gas emissions. Retailers, manufacturers, and municipalities that receive damaged, returned, expired, or recalled seats lack a scalable, compliant pathway to divert these products from landfill disposal. This gap hampers corporate sustainability targets and can expose companies to extended producer‑responsibility (EPR) regulations.
Solution
The company operates a turnkey reverse‑logistics platform that manages end‑to‑end collection, transportation, and material recovery for large volumes of car seats. Clients provide a seat count and desired pickup date; the service coordinates with a nationwide network of 3PL providers and certified recyclers to consolidate shipments and deliver them to U.S. processing facilities. Each seat undergoes systematic dismantling, component segregation, and high‑efficiency recycling, achieving an average 85 % weight recovery of usable polymers and metals. Recovered materials are fed back into the supply chain, supporting closed‑loop manufacturing and reducing virgin resin demand. Clients receive detailed sustainability reports—including mass‑balanced recovery metrics and compliance documentation—to substantiate ESG reporting and meet EPR obligations. The solution is designed to scale from dozens to millions of units without additional client overhead.
Target Audience
Primary customers are large‑scale retailers, automotive manufacturers, and municipal waste‑management agencies that need to process high‑volume streams of used or recalled child safety seats.
Features
- Integrated reverse‑logistics coordination platform that schedules pickups based on seat count and client‑specified timelines.
- Nationwide network of certified 3PL carriers and recycling facilities ensuring compliant transport under DOT and hazardous‑material guidelines.
- Automated dismantling line with robotic sorting to separate plastics, metals, and foam, achieving ~85 % weight recovery per seat.
- Real‑time tracking dashboard with API access for inventory visibility, carbon‑offset calculations, and ESG metric export (CSV, JSON).
- ISO 14001‑aligned process documentation and audit‑ready reporting for EPR compliance and sustainability certifications.
- Flexible volume contracts supporting batch sizes from < 100 units to > 1 million units, with volume‑based pricing tiers.
- Secure data handling and encrypted transmission of collection schedules and recovery reports to protect client confidentiality.