THE ALLWAYS BAG™ • REUSABLE SHIPPING • PILOTS • PARTNERSHIPS
Partner With The AllWays Bag™
Help test a reusable shipping system designed to move beyond single-use packaging and create more value after delivery.
The AllWays Bag™ is a patent-pending reusable shipping concept being developed by Cooper Delivered in rural Western Australia.
It is designed to begin as protective ecommerce packaging, return for additional shipping journeys where practical, and continue into everyday use rather than becoming immediate waste.
We are seeking aligned organisations, sponsors, research partners, manufacturers, retailers and logistics groups interested in helping test, refine and scale the concept.
Quick Overview
What is The AllWays Bag™ partnership opportunity?
The AllWays Bag™ is an early-stage reusable shipping system designed for ecommerce, retail, logistics and community circulation.
Cooper Delivered is looking for partners who may contribute through:
• sponsored pilot programs
• research and development support
• manufacturing and material testing
• logistics trials
• co-branded limited runs
• wholesale or commercial testing
• return and reuse infrastructure
• grant-supported collaboration
The goal is to gather real-world evidence before wider commercial rollout.
The Opportunity
Most shipping packaging stops creating value at delivery
Conventional ecommerce packaging is generally designed to protect an item through one delivery journey.
Once the parcel is opened, the packaging often moves quickly towards recycling, storage or disposal.
Even packaging marketed as recyclable or compostable usually depends on the customer having access to the correct disposal system.
The AllWays Bag™ explores a different question:
What if shipping packaging could remain useful after the parcel arrives?
By designing for repeat use, removable shipping information, replaceable security components and everyday utility, the packaging may remain in circulation for longer.
That creates an opportunity to test whether one useful object can replace several shorter-lived packaging moments over time.
The Packaging Problem
Shipping systems are still heavily dependent on single-use formats
The problem is not simply that packaging exists. It is that so much packaging is designed for only one brief purpose.
One delivery journey
Many mailers and satchels are designed to complete one trip before leaving the active packaging system.
Short-lived material value
Materials may require significant resources to produce despite being useful for only a short period.
Limited reuse design
Labels, seals, tearing and fixed branding can make conventional packaging difficult to send again.
Reliance on disposal systems
Recyclable and compostable claims still depend on local facilities, correct sorting and customer behaviour.
Brand visibility ends quickly
The customer experience often ends as soon as the parcel is opened and the packaging is discarded.
Reuse is left to chance
Most packaging does not provide customers with an intentional or practical second-life pathway.
The AllWays Bag™ Concept
A shipping format designed to keep working
The bag is being developed around multiple possible stages of use rather than a single delivery endpoint.
Stage One
Protective shipping packaging
The bag begins as an ecommerce shipping format designed to hold and protect suitable products during delivery.
Stage Two
Possible shipping reuse
Where condition, logistics and security requirements allow, old shipping information may be removed and a new label and security strip applied.
Stage Three
Everyday utility
After shipping use, the bag may continue as a shopping bag, library bag, storage bag, market tote or household utility bag.
Stage Four
Return or community circulation
Future systems may explore return, refurbishment, donation, partner collection or local circulation pathways.
Design Principles
Designed around usefulness, not environmental appearance
The AllWays Bag™ concept has been shaped around practical design questions:
• Can the shipping label be removed or replaced?
• Can security be restored for another journey?
• Can the material resist ordinary handling and light moisture?
• Can the bag remain useful when it is no longer suitable for postage?
• Can branding remain visible without preventing future use?
• Can the product be repaired, rewaxed or refurbished?
• Can it work inside existing business fulfilment systems?
• Can its environmental performance be measured honestly?
Pilot testing is required to validate these questions under real commercial and logistics conditions.
Built from the Prototype Stage
Developed one experimental bag at a time
The earliest AllWays Bag™ prototypes were developed manually from a caravan on a rural Western Australian property.
Early work included testing canvas preparation, wax application, heating methods, stitching, label placement and security-strip concepts.
The process also exposed practical problems.
Too much wax could make the fabric hard and difficult to use.
Uneven heating could stop the fabric from accepting the wax properly.
Handmade production highlighted the need for consistent application, repeatable testing and manufacturing research.
Those lessons are now helping define the next research and pilot stage.
Why Partnership Matters
The concept now needs structured testing
The next stage requires material expertise, controlled prototypes, manufacturing support, field trials and measurable pilot data.
Pilot Partnership Model
What an early reusable-shipping pilot could involve
The exact pilot size and structure would be developed with the partner according to budget, products, fulfilment systems and research goals.
Defined pilot quantity
A controlled production run could be created for a selected campaign, customer group, location or fulfilment pathway.
Branded or co-branded bags
Partner branding may be incorporated while preserving the reusable purpose and identity of the system.
Customer participation
Customers may receive guidance explaining reuse, return, storage and alternative second-life options.
Operational testing
The pilot could assess packing speed, sealing, label removal, damage, moisture exposure and compatibility with fulfilment workflows.
Post-delivery testing
Partners could measure whether customers reuse, return, retain, gift or repurpose the bag after delivery.
Evidence and reporting
The trial could produce an agreed report covering product performance, customer response, operational lessons and future recommendations.
Possible Pilot Measurements
Building evidence before making large environmental claims
Depending on the partnership, a trial may investigate:
• bag survival through the first delivery
• suitability for additional shipping journeys
• label removal and replacement performance
• security-strip performance
• resistance to ordinary handling and moisture
• packing and fulfilment time
• damage or failure rates
• customer understanding
• customer reuse rates
• return participation
• everyday second-life use
• approximate cost per successful use
• comparison with existing packaging systems
Measurements would be agreed with the partner and should reflect what can realistically be observed during the pilot.
Partnership Models
Different ways to help develop and test the system
Sponsored pilot
An organisation funds or supports a controlled production run and participates in testing agreed commercial or environmental questions.
May suit:
• large retailers
• logistics groups
• sustainability programs
• corporate innovation teams
Research partnership
A university, testing laboratory, material specialist or research organisation helps validate performance and refine the design.
May include:
• material testing
• coating research
• lifecycle analysis
• durability assessment
Manufacturing partnership
A manufacturer contributes technical knowledge, sampling capability, production systems or scalable cost modelling.
May include:
• prototype production
• material sourcing
• process development
• quality-control planning
Co-branded edition
An aligned organisation tests a branded or co-branded version through a campaign, product launch or customer program.
May suit:
• ecommerce brands
• events
• subscription programs
• limited product releases
Wholesale testing
A business purchases a defined quantity for use within its existing fulfilment process and provides structured performance feedback.
May suit:
• small and medium ecommerce brands
• craft marketplaces
• ethical retailers
• regional businesses
Licensing or larger rollout
Future discussions may examine licensing, commercial rights, distribution or larger-scale system adoption after validation and commercial readiness.
This pathway would require:
• validated design
• agreed intellectual-property terms
• manufacturing capability
• commercial and legal review
Grant and Research Collaboration
Seeking support for testing, validation and commercial development
Cooper Delivered is pursuing grant opportunities to help move The AllWays Bag™ from handmade prototype towards a tested, manufacturable reusable-packaging system.
Potential grant-supported activities may include:
• waterproofing and coating research
• material durability testing
• reusable label and security-system development
• controlled prototype production
• manufacturing feasibility
• Australian manufacturing research
• logistics and fulfilment trials
• customer-behaviour testing
• repair and refurbishment research
• lifecycle and environmental assessment
• intellectual-property and commercialisation support
Letters of support, expressions of interest and proposed pilot partnerships may also help demonstrate real market demand within future grant applications.
Organisations do not need to commit to a full commercial rollout to begin a conversation.
An early expression of interest may simply identify:
• a packaging problem worth testing
• a possible pilot environment
• expected order volumes
• relevant sustainability objectives
• technical or operational requirements
• interest in future collaboration
Regional Innovation
Building packaging innovation from rural Western Australia
The AllWays Bag™ is being developed through Cooper Delivered near Katanning in Western Australia’s Great Southern region.
The longer-term vision is not limited to creating one reusable bag.
It includes exploring how regional businesses may contribute to:
• sustainable product development
• research and testing
• Australian manufacturing
• skilled regional employment
• circular packaging systems
• collaboration between small business and larger organisations
Grant, research and commercial partnerships may help determine whether parts of that future can be built locally.
Potential Partner Value
What participating organisations may gain
Partner value will depend on the pilot design, agreement and measured results.
Early innovation access
Partners may help shape an emerging packaging format before broader commercial rollout.
Real-world evidence
A structured pilot may provide more useful information than relying on assumptions or broad environmental claims.
Visible customer participation
A reusable object gives customers a practical way to see and participate in the experiment.
Extended brand presence
Where customers continue using the bag, partner branding may remain visible beyond the original delivery.
Sustainability reporting
Agreed pilot data may support internal learning, case studies or sustainability reporting, subject to evidence and approval.
Regional impact
Collaboration may help support an Australian-owned innovation project developing from regional Western Australia.
Who We Want to Hear From
Organisations positioned to test, support or strengthen the concept
Postal and logistics organisations
Organisations with experience in parcel systems, labels, sorting, security and delivery conditions.
Retail and ecommerce brands
Businesses shipping suitable products and interested in trialling a reusable customer-delivery format.
Manufacturers
Textile, packaging, coating, printing or fabrication partners able to support repeatable sampling and scale.
Research organisations
Universities, laboratories and industry bodies interested in materials, circular systems, logistics or lifecycle research.
Government and regional programs
Agencies supporting innovation, manufacturing, sustainability, regional development or commercialisation.
Corporate sponsors
Organisations seeking a visible, testable packaging innovation project aligned with relevant environmental objectives.
Current Development Stage
An early-stage concept seeking validation — not a finished national system
The AllWays Bag™ has progressed through concept development and handmade prototyping.
It has not yet completed large-scale logistics trials, independent lifecycle assessment or national commercial rollout.
Further work is required to establish:
• final material specifications
• repeatable waterproofing methods
• manufacturing tolerances
• security and label performance
• product durability
• cost at different volumes
• customer-return behaviour
• cleaning or refurbishment requirements
• environmental performance across repeated uses
This is exactly why we are seeking pilot, grant, research and manufacturing partners.
Intellectual Property
A protected concept entering the next development stage
The AllWays Bag™ concept has been developed as proprietary Cooper Delivered intellectual property.
Patent and intellectual-property status should be discussed as part of any detailed commercial, licensing, manufacturing or technical collaboration.
Initial partnership conversations may remain high level until suitable confidentiality and collaboration arrangements are established.
No content on this page grants permission to manufacture, reproduce, license or commercially use The AllWays Bag™ concept or branding.
What We Are Looking For
Partners willing to help turn an idea into measurable evidence
Expressions of interest
Businesses interested in future testing, wholesale supply or reusable packaging pilots.
Letters of support
Organisations willing to acknowledge the relevance of the project within grant or development applications.
Pilot environments
Suitable ecommerce, retail, logistics or community settings where the system may be tested responsibly.
Technical expertise
Knowledge in textiles, coatings, packaging, logistics, lifecycle assessment, printing, security or manufacturing.
Funding and sponsorship
Support for controlled prototypes, production runs, independent testing and evidence gathering.
Commercial guidance
Insight into procurement, compliance, logistics integration, pricing, licensing and scalable adoption.
What Happens Next?
A practical first-conversation process
An initial partnership discussion may cover:
1. Your organisation and existing packaging system
2. The problem or opportunity you want to explore
3. Suitable products, customers or delivery environments
4. Expected volumes and operational requirements
5. Research, sponsorship or commercial interests
6. Intellectual-property and confidentiality needs
7. Whether a pilot or letter of support is appropriate
From there, Cooper Delivered may prepare a more detailed discussion brief, pilot outline or supporting information according to the opportunity.
Partnership FAQs
Common questions about partnering with The AllWays Bag™
What is The AllWays Bag™?
The AllWays Bag™ is a reusable shipping concept designed to begin as ecommerce packaging and continue through possible shipping reuse, everyday utility or future return pathways.
Is The AllWays Bag™ commercially available at scale?
Not yet. The concept is at an early development and pilot-planning stage. Manufacturing, durability, logistics and commercial systems require further validation.
What kinds of partners are you seeking?
Cooper Delivered is seeking retailers, ecommerce brands, logistics organisations, manufacturers, researchers, sponsors, government programs and organisations interested in reusable packaging innovation.
Can a small business become a pilot partner?
Yes. Smaller controlled trials may be useful where the products, customers and fulfilment process are suitable.
Can an organisation provide a letter of support?
Yes. Relevant organisations may register interest in discussing a letter of support for future grant or development applications.
What would a pilot cost?
Pilot costs would depend on quantity, materials, branding, testing requirements, manufacturing, freight and the responsibilities of each partner.
Can the bag be co-branded?
Co-branding may be explored for suitable pilot, sponsorship or commercial arrangements, subject to design, intellectual-property and manufacturing requirements.
Are environmental savings already proven?
Not at commercial scale. The concept is intended to reduce reliance on shorter-lived packaging, but pilot testing and lifecycle assessment are required before making quantified environmental claims.
Is the concept protected?
The AllWays Bag™ is proprietary Cooper Delivered intellectual property. Detailed commercial and technical discussions may require appropriate confidentiality and legal arrangements.
Can manufacturers register interest?
Yes. Manufacturers with relevant textile, coating, printing, packaging or fabrication capability are encouraged to register.
Can universities or researchers become involved?
Yes. Research collaboration may be valuable for material testing, lifecycle assessment, durability, consumer behaviour and circular-system design.
How do we begin a conversation?
Complete the partnership-interest form below with your organisation, proposed opportunity and preferred type of involvement.
Start a Conversation
Register partnership interest
Tell us who you are, what your organisation does and where you believe The AllWays Bag™ could be tested or supported.
Relevant enquiries may include:
• pilot participation
• grant collaboration
• letters of support
• research partnerships
• manufacturing capability
• sponsorship
• co-branding
• wholesale interest
• licensing or larger-scale commercial discussions
Reusable Shipping, Tested Properly
Help build the evidence behind a different packaging future
The AllWays Bag™ is ready for serious conversations around pilots, research, manufacturing, sponsorship, grant collaboration and commercial development.