Operator update (verbatim intent): "The unit is coming for MPT basically because this is in and out same day — the storage shouldn't be a problem so I run it parallel." Material lands and leaves on the same calendar day. The Carrot is a flow, not a warehouse (per MD-303 §4). That means multiple supplier streams can come through Unit 18 in parallel — Standard / Priority / Bulk all running at once — without the storage burden the original Community Layer pilot scoped for. The 7-day pilot in §11 stays valid; the framing changes from "fit it into the bays" to "schedule the truck-in / truck-out windows."
This is what is being done now. Not theory. Practice. Two bags going through doors. Cards in hands. Collection points placed. The CIO opening today or tomorrow. Half of this document is your action plan, exactly as you wrote it. The other half is the audit, the guidelines, the order of operations — and the joy — so when you start making bags and printing cards tomorrow, nothing contradicts the system you've already built.
| Bag | Purpose | QR Code Function |
|---|---|---|
| Paid Bag | Households who want cash | QR links to payment form. They enter weight. We pay them. |
| Charity Bag | Households who want impact | QR links to impact page. They see meals funded. No payment. |
Why both have QR: So we know who to pay back. Trust us. We pay based on the weight of their bag (or the honour system). They fill it up. We collect it. We pay them (or thank them).
Bag size: Those charity bags that come through the door — quite big. We'll use similar. Tell them to just fill it up.
The process:
Charity bag: We can send out as we want. No need for them to opt in first. Just send. They donate. We thank.
Paid bag: They need to opt in first. We need to know who to pay.
| Card | Audience | Message | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer Card | Industrial estates, bulk bag users | "We pay £200 same-day for your clean plastic." | Hand out door to door |
| Household Paid Card | Local residents (opt in) | "Fill our bag. We collect. We pay you cash." | Leaflet, door to door |
| Household Charity Card | Local residents (anyone) | "Fill our bag. We collect. Your donation funds meals." | Leaflet, door to door, send out |
| Collection Point Card | Businesses, councils, landowners | "Let us place a collection bin on your site. We pay you a percentage." | Targeted outreach |
The collection point card is key. Not just bins. Anywhere people can drop plastic. Shops. Car parks. Community centres. Landowners. "We pay you a percentage of whatever we collect from your site."
Small or big. All the different ways add up.
| Type | How It Works | Who Gets Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated bins (our bins) | We place bin. People drop plastic. We collect. | Landowner gets percentage |
| Shared bins (their bins) | They already have bins. We empty them. We take plastic. | Landowner gets percentage |
| Drop-off points (no bin) | Designated area. People leave bags. We collect. | Landowner gets percentage |
| Rogue collection (ground plastic) | Plastic on ground. We collect it. We pay landowner or not. | Negotiated |
It doesn't have to be specialty bins. It can be all kinds. As long as people accept. We pay the landowner a percentage of whatever we collect. Or we pay nothing if it's charity. Negotiated.
How it works with bags:
Status: Opening today or tomorrow.
📖 Full doctrine now sealed in MD-319 — CIO Canal Foundation · The Bypass Doctrine — explains what the CIO actually is (Canal Infrastructure Operations, the legal entity that operates the canal logistics arm; the foundation is the engine, not the charity name); the permanent stack (£450 → £1,725 per tonne with canal-routed uplift · ↑ from £1,375 · score uplift updated per MD-368); the canal remediation programme (towpath cleans, sponsor-marked canal-side bins, on-water skim-and-net); the charter & rental optionality; and the community programmes the CIO will fund — OAP dinner-and-dance, transport via coach services, nursing-home partnerships, vulnerable-person referrals to the 40-meals-per-tonne stream. Read MD-319 for the full doctrine; this section keeps the operational charity-door notes.
| Version | For | What It Shows |
|---|---|---|
| Paid QR | Paid bag donors | Payment form. Enter weight. Get paid. |
| Charity QR | Charity bag donors | Impact page. Meals funded. Thank you. |
Both pages simple. No login. No database required initially (can use Google Forms or similar).
The problem: People coming to your property. Unpredictable. Unsafe.
The solution: Collection points away from Unit 18. Or bins at Unit 18 but external. People drop. They don't enter.
Also: Collection points at shops, car parks, community centres. Diverts traffic away from you. Still collects material.
| Channel | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Council contracts (Dudley, Sandwell) | To be actioned | Bid for plastic collection. Pay them. |
| Manufacturers (industrial estates) | Cards ready | £200 same-day. Door to door. |
| Households (paid bags) | Bags + QR + cards | Cash incentive. Opt in first. |
| Households (charity bags) | Bags + QR + cards | Social impact incentive. Send out as we want. |
| Collection points | Cards ready | Pay landowner percentage. |
| Rogue (ground plastic, blue bins) | Separate document | Not in this community layer. |
All the different ways add up. Small or big. Paid or charity. Bin or bag. Every piece of plastic feeds the system.
| Concept | Status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| ROSCA (Rotating Savings & Credit Association) | Concept stage | Bottom level. On the app eventually. Connected to collection points. |
| Soil tokens | Concept stage | Community currency. Link to farmers. Regenerative agriculture. |
These are not active yet. They are the next layer. This document is about what is being done now.
"Two bags. Both with QR. One paid. One charity. Cards for manufacturers. Cards for households. Cards for collection points. Bins. Shops. Car parks. Land. Small or big. All add up. Divert traffic. Pay percentages. Collect plastic. Verify. Mint. Meals. That's the community layer. Not complicated. Just consistent. Now execute."
Cross-checked against MD-310 (Three Lines & Two Pathways), the £450/tonne valuation, the 7% Covenant, the 40 meals/tonne canonical ratio, the ABL 80% pathway, the Material Ledger (AML/AMT). Result: 5 green, 3 amber, 0 red. Amber items are decisions you need to make before printing — not contradictions, just gaps you should close intentionally.
Both bag types feed the Material line: collected → weighed → minted as dPRN at £450/tonne. No clash with Carrot or dPRN sales lines. The bag is just a new source on an existing line.
You wrote: "CIO receives the dPRN revenue (after 7% Covenant)." That's exactly the financial doctrine. Both bag types must pass 7% to Covenant first, then split.
The "X meals funded" message must use the sealed ratio: 1 tonne = 40 meals. So a 5kg bag = 0.2 meals. Aggregate at street/postcode level for honest impact display (see §11).
Unit 18 keys turn over this week. Diverting public drop-off away from Unit 18 protects insurance, planning, and your family's address. Right call, right time.
Sparks & Flames doctrine: capture small, capture all. Bags + cards + collection points are the sparks; council contracts are the flames. Same architecture.
£200 per what? Per drop? Per pallet? Per ~half-tonne? At £450/tonne sale, £200 = 444kg of clean plastic. Print "£200 same-day per pickup of ~half a tonne (clean)" or similar so manufacturers don't expect £200 for a single bag.
Cards say "we pay you a percentage." Pick a default before printing — suggest 10-15% of net revenue (after 7% Covenant) for shared/dedicated bins, 5% for drop-off points, 0-3% for rogue. Otherwise every conversation re-negotiates from zero.
You have a charity entity (CIO) and a trading entity (MPT Ltd, Co. 16977671). Charity bags → CIO → 7% Covenant → CIO retains. But who collects, weighs and mints? If MPT does the work, MPT invoices CIO at cost. Document this once, in writing, before any charity bag is collected. Otherwise HMRC will ask later.
Every channel must yield a positive net per tonne after 7% Covenant. Below assumes £450/tonne sale price (sealed). Numbers in green = healthy margin. Amber = thin, watch it. Red = redesign before launch.
| Channel | You pay (per tonne) | 7% Covenant | Net to you | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charity bag | £0 | £31.50 | £418.50 | GREEN · best margin · funds CIO |
| Paid bag (suggested £50/tonne to household) | £50 | £31.50 | £368.50 | GREEN · cash incentive sustainable |
| Manufacturer @ £200/half-tonne (= £400/t) | £400 | £31.50 | £18.50 | RED · margin gone · charge handling fee or renegotiate |
| Manufacturer @ £200/tonne | £200 | £31.50 | £218.50 | GREEN · same-day cash hook still works |
| Collection point @ 12% of net | £50.22 | £31.50 | £368.28 | GREEN · sustainable percentage |
| Council contract @ £100/tonne pay-in | £100 | £31.50 | £318.50 | AMBER · ABL-funded working capital · MD-310 80% line |
The one number that must be on the manufacturer card: £200 per pickup of ~half a tonne, not per bag. Otherwise the third row above happens at scale and the line bleeds. Pick the unit and print it.
If the cards go out without these three locked, every conversation will re-negotiate the price and you'll never know what your true source cost is. Lock the numbers, then print.
UK GDPR: only collect what you need to do the job. Paid bag form should ask three things only:
| Field | Why | Storage |
|---|---|---|
| Address | Collection point | Encrypted, deleted 12 months after last collection |
| Name | Payment reference | Same as above |
| Payment method (bank, PayPal handle, or cash-on-doorstep tick) | To pay them | Bank details encrypted; cash tick = no PII to store |
Do not ask for date of birth, NI number, employment, household income. Those are three different ICO complaints waiting to happen. Charity bag form needs zero PII at all — just "thank you" + meals counter (anonymous postcode aggregate is fine).
Add a one-line privacy notice on the QR landing page: "We use your address to collect your bag and your name to pay you. We delete it 12 months after your last collection. We don't share it. Questions: privacy@midlandpolymertrading.com"
| Stage | Tool | What it does | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Launch (this week) | QR → midlandpolymertrading.com/paid-bag & /charity-bag | Static landing pages with a Google Form embedded; weight + address + payment | £0 |
| 2 · Tracked (next month) | Each bag a unique QR → /b/<id> with bag ID baked in | You know which bag, which household, weight history | £~30 for QR sticker run |
| 3 · Live ledger (later) | Bag scans push into the Material Ledger (AML/AMT) & Truth Ledger | Each bag minted as a dPRN micro-event with proof hash | Dev work, no cash |
Start at Stage 1. Don't let perfect block what works. Stage 2 and 3 ride on top of the same QR, just changing where it points.
Pilot before scale. Saturday's sample size is small on purpose. You are testing the system, not chasing volume. Volume is week two.
You wake up. You're not stressed. The first text comes through at 8:14am: "Bag's out front, weight's 4.2kg, see you Tuesday." By 9am there are six. By 10am you and one of the Reds have collected a street. The charity bags get a thank-you text with a counter that says "Your street has funded 14 meals this month." A landowner rings to ask for two more bins. Dario's already shipped your landing page from Portugal. Your son sees you come back to the unit, weighed in, three hours done, calm. Not panicked. Just consistent.
The community layer doesn't feel like work then. It feels like the neighbourhood working. That's the joy. That's what the system was built to do. Every bag a small "yes." Every QR scan a small consent. Every meal counted a small repair. Small or big. All add up.
Two bags. Both with QR. Four cards. Many collection points. One CIO. Two landing pages. Three locked numbers. One safety template. Seven days. One pilot.
"Not complicated. Just consistent. Now execute — with the numbers locked, the safety in writing, and the joy on the calendar."