We urgently need to rent your "wasstraat" and commercial dishwashers or sublease your space to build our own!

Hi All,
Since 2018, Ozarka works every variety of vendor or restaurant replacing disposable food containers with reusables, big or small, doesn't matter. As you can imagine, we are growing like crazy.

Our wash and sanitation model is decentralized. We have one main wash and sanitation facility called the "Sparkle Jar." We install "outposts" or mini-sparkle jars for wash and sanitation rather than build out more huge facilities. There are a variety of reasons for this (all good, more sustainable, and more affordable for our clients).

We need a lot more of these mini centers. SJ3, SJ4, SJ5...you get the idea. We are looking for partners that have the same commercial dishwashers we have that are not used very often Think office canteens, corporate food courts, hotels. Or, do you have water hookups and extra space that is not being used that we can rent out from you?

The most ideal locations are sort of on the outskirts of the centrum but still inside the A10. Hemshaven or Veemkade area...Oost, West, Noord are ideal locations.

The reuse revolution is really starting to take off! Our growth is going straight up and we need the Amsterdam Smart City community to help us expand our logistics by tapping into infrastructure that already exists.

https://www.ozarka.biz

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Beth Massa on August 3rd 2023 - 09:20

Update: In addition to using other people wasstraat we are looking for space for extra clean rooms. It is also possible that we take over a back room and install our own sparkle jars. Even something as small as 25 square meters. We would electrical and plumbing and proper floor drainage. It's possible we can do this even with shipping containers in an open area as long as there is water and electrical (we are developing our 100% circular wasstraat but more on that later).

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