Program Model

Membership-led. Infrastructure-light. Technology-agnostic. Market-routed.

Carbon Recycling Pink Dot is modeled as a standardized label program plus a site implementation and feedstock routing platform for many technologies and high-demand product markets.

How the model works

The business model stack.

01

Free public education

Website, learning center, label explorer, FAQs, and public signage logic.

02

Annual membership

Brands, venues, haulers, processors, product buyers, cities, and CDR partners join the program.

03

Package + material assessments

Members submit specs and receive component-specific Pink Dot designations, exclusions, and routing rules.

04

Infrastructure-light implementation

Sites deploy labels, stickers, pink bags, signage, bin overlays, and staff instructions before major new capex.

05

Feedstock routing platform

Members manage labels, sites, collection, contamination, facility specs, products, and destination pathways.

06

Product + CDR services

Projects can add fuel pathway screening, material markets, CO₂ capture readiness, CDR reporting, and buyer-facing data.

Pricing architecture

Directional tiers for early commercialization.

Pricing should remain flexible during pilot validation. These tiers are placeholders for strategy, proposals, and investor discussions.

Starter Member

$2.5k+/yr

Small brands, early pilots, local venues.

  • Basic portal access
  • Limited label requests
  • Education kit

Brand / Packaging

$7.5k-$35k+/yr

Product, package, and component label guidance.

  • SKU submissions
  • Artwork review
  • Portfolio guidance

Venue / Site

$10k-$250k+/yr

Airports, grocery, schools, campuses, stadiums, QSRs.

  • Pink bag/signage kits
  • Existing bin overlays
  • Hauler coordination

Enterprise System

$250k-$1M+/yr

National rollout or multi-site carbon recovery network.

  • Custom governance
  • Platform/API
  • Product/CDR routing

The strategic difference

Traditional recycling labels monetize disposal guidance for packaging. Carbon Recycling Pink Dot monetizes standardized carbon recovery guidance across packaging, food hierarchy, venues, organics logistics, recovery technologies, product markets, and CDR pathways.