Online container service CURANTO
Find out how a local waste management company scaled its service through a nationwide customer portal.
Platform solution for nationwide waste disposal
With the customer portal under the CURANTO brand and its connected partner network, the Lower Rhine-based waste disposal company EGN covers the whole of Germany with disposal solutions for both private and business customers.
- CLIENT
EGN Entsorgungsgesellschaft mbH
- YEAR
since 2017
- SCOPE
eCommerce
Platform development
Local Marketing
- WEBSITE
Regionaler Entsorger startet in den eCommerce
Under the CURANTO brand, EGN Entsorgungsgesellschaft mbH, a subsidiary of SWK AG based in Viersen, launched its ambitions in 2017 to open up the supra-regional private customer business. To provide disposal solutions beyond its own catchment area, it needed on the one hand a well-organised partner network of local waste disposal companies for the provision and collection of containers as well as the proper disposal of waste. On the other hand, it needed a user-friendly platform that would generate sufficient consumer interest and encourage further partners to join.
Business processes require a bespoke solution
CURANTO uses an ERP system already deployed at EGN for many years to handle its business processes. This is an industry-specific solution for the waste management sector, highly tailored to EGN's operational workflows. To meet these process requirements, a custom-built e-commerce solution was needed. To stand out from competing providers, a waste adviser was to be created as a tool for inexperienced users, enabling them with just a few clicks to find the right container and suitable service for their individual disposal project at the local offer price. Since waste disposal necessarily goes hand in hand with a regional service offering, it was particularly important for CURANTO to be found in the local search context.
An established presence in waste disposal services
The custom-built web shop went live in 2017 and has been continuously developed ever since. In 2024 the shop underwent a comprehensive relaunch in which both the front end and the back-end architecture were fundamentally modernised. Among other things, the rental of construction-site and event toilets was successfully established as a further business line with new process requirements. Further relevant feature extensions include dynamic advertising inventory within the shop and partnerships with well-known companies in building materials retail and interior fitting.
- ERP API communication
- Online Payment & SCHUFA Scoring
- Waste adviser
- Automated SEO content
- Dynamic advertising inventory
Technologies used
The custom development is based on the PHP Laravel open-source framework combined with a front end consisting of Bootstrap and Vue.js. Large parts of the application are based on the REST API connection to the ERP system in use.
PHP LaravelPHP framework for scalable architectures
Vue.jsReactive interface with optimal performance
Tailwind UIConsistent design system, delivered efficiently
Statamic CMSFlat-file CMS for faster load times
Services for CURANTO
For a project like this to succeed, a cross-functional team of experts from different disciplines is required who work closely together and deeply internalise the specifics of the industry and business case.
Transformation consultingProject support from the initial requirements definition and business modelling through collaboration with all third parties to technical implementation into existing corporate processes and structures.
Digital strategyStrategy development and implementation in various performance-marketing-relevant areas such as tracking, analytics and on-page SEO.
UX / UI DesignDevelopment and implementation of a bespoke brand design for all front-end interfaces and required assets.
Custom developmentDevelopment from architecture through to the final bespoke software.
For CURANTO we immersed ourselves deeply in a specialised industry and identified characteristics of a service that few would expect in this form in the digital environment.
Throughout the entire collaboration, NSPYR immersed itself in our processes and tasks and, with an external perspective, also contributed to simplifying our processes.
