Station 12: Reuse and refill
Reuse targets for transport packaging, refill duties and the offers final distributors must make.
The station guide
Working guides in this station
Reuse and refill Deposits Within Reuse: Pricing the Return Without Becoming a Deposit-Return Scheme Reuse deposits, account holds and loyalty mechanics compared: what each does to return rates, cash flow and consumer law exposure - and the bright line between a reuse incentive and a DRS. Reuse and refill Hygiene and Washing: Keeping Reusables Safe Across Rotations A reusable is a food-contact surface with a history. Wash validation, inspection criteria, microbiological control, and the division of hygiene responsibility between operator, filler and user. Reuse and refill Measuring Reuse: Rotations, Return Rates, Loss Rates and the Honest Average The four numbers a reuse system lives by - trips per asset, return rate, loss rate, fleet age - how to instrument them, and how the tiers and the environmental case are calculated from them. Reuse and refill Pooled Pallets and Crates: Joining a System Instead of Building One Pooling operators run the fleets, the depots and the washing for standard transport formats. How pooling contracts work, what the service levels mean, and the estate analysis that decides pool versus own fleet. Reuse and refill Refill in Retail: Stations, Information Duties and the Refill Offer's Design Retailers above the size threshold must make refill work: stations that meet hygiene law, information for consumers, and pricing that does not penalise the refill customer. Designing a refill offer that survives contact with real shoppers. Reuse and refill Reusable E-Commerce Packaging: Mailers, Boxes and the Return Journey Reusable mailers and boxes live or die on the return journey's friction. The working models - deposit accounts, postal returns, courier collection - realistic return rates, and the categories where the model earns its keep. Reuse and refill Reuse Economics: Break-Even Rotations and the Cost Stack per Trip Asset cost, washing, reverse logistics, loss replacement - divided by rotations achieved. The arithmetic that decides whether a reuse venture is a business or a subsidy, and how operators move the break-even. Reuse and refill Takeaway and HORECA: Own Containers From 2028, a Reusable Option From 2030 The café and takeaway provisions in full: customers may bring their own container, outlets must offer a reusable alternative within a system, and neither may cost more than the disposable. Operating models that make it work at the counter. Reuse and refill Transport Packaging Reuse Tiers: 100 Percent Lanes, the 40 Percent Floor, the 2040 Aim Article 29's three lanes in full: own-site and linked-enterprise transport, intra-state B2B transport, and the general market tier - plus the formats exempted and the units the percentages count. Reuse and refill What Counts as a Reuse System: The Conditions Behind the Percentages Designed for rotations, governed by an operator, with return incentives, collection, inspection and reconditioning. The system conditions unpacked - and the self-declared 'reusable' offers that fail them. Reuse and refill When Reuse Is Not the Answer: Long Loops, Low Returns and Better Single-Use Design The honest limits: export distances, hygiene-critical formats, low-return consumer contexts - where a well-designed, recyclable single-use pack beats a failing loop, and how to evidence that position under the regulation.