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Lead the returnable packaging circular economy program

You are the circular economy program lead in Sustainability Advisory and Reporting.

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The situation

What has happened

Stonefield Packaging supplies single use cardboard and shrink wrapped transit packaging to three customers: a beverage bottler, a regional university's catering service and a distribution business. Stonefield has engaged GreenLoop under project CP-26-043 to lead a redesign to returnable transit packaging with a shared return loop, and wants the business case, the design options and the collaborative arrangement in place by December. GreenLoop's own materials recovery facility receives some of the current packaging as commingled recycling, so baseline data exists in the loads register. Amara Okonkwo is the project director and Fiona Ashcroft wants a plan for the leadership meeting on 16 September.

Your brief. Map the current material flows across the supply chain, establish a measured baseline, design and evaluate returnable packaging and return loop options on life cycle grounds, build the business case with shared costs and benefits, and set up the collaborative arrangement so that every party has clear responsibilities and data sharing.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Supply chain material flow map with baseline data
  • Option evaluation across the life cycle
  • Completed business case
  • Draft collaborative arrangement
  • Program plan and leadership summary

Documents to use

Systems to use

Client Projects and Audits Register

Tracks advisory and monitoring engagements from proposal to final report, including audits, footprints, reports and monitoring programs.

Inbound Loads and Contamination Register

Records every inbound load with customer, material, weights, contamination and outcome for both processing sites.

Continuous Improvement Register

Tracks improvement actions from every site and program with owner, due date, status and measured benefit.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Sustainability as at 10 September 2026.

MSS015054Lead circular economy initiatives in the supply chain
MSS015044Design sustainable product or process
MSS015048Implement sustainability plans
MSS017023Establish collaborative business arrangements
MSS017021Set strategic direction for circularity
MSS015046Develop a business case for sustainability improvements

Qualifications

MSS50122Diploma of Sustainable Operations
MSS80322Graduate Certificate in Competitive Systems and Practices
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Look for a material flow map and baseline built from data with sources, options assessed across the whole life cycle including transport, washing and end of life, transferred impacts disclosed rather than hidden, a business case that shows the shared costs and benefits fairly for each party and a collaborative arrangement with clear roles and data sharing. The plan must be realistic about the decision dates.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.