Reath Publishes World's First Open Data Standard on Reusable Packaging

Edinburgh-based circular economy startup, Reath, has published a pioneering Open Data Standard on reusable packaging, reuse.id®.

A big step forward in the war on waste

The Data Standard is a big step forward in the war on waste, as it seeks to enable, accelerate and de-risk the shift towards reusable packaging; which currently only accounts for 2% of the market.

Open for anyone to adopt

Reuse.id® is hosted on Github, an online repository for open source code, making it possible for anyone, from businesses to environmental regulators, to adopt and benefit from the Data Standard.

What our co-founder said

Co-Founder of Reath, Claire Rampen, said:

"We are incredibly proud to deliver this valuable resource to the reusable packaging space. By providing a shared data vocabulary, reuse.id® facilitates the interoperability, exchange and analysis of packaging-reuse data, which is crucial for the adoption of the circular economy."

Funded by Innovate UK, reuse.id® has been researched and designed by Reath, in collaboration with stakeholders from across the packaging ecosystem, as well as world-leading organisations, Imagination Lancaster (University of Lancaster), the Open Data Institute and technology partner, HappyPorch.

About Reath

Reath is an Edinburgh-based software business, founded in 2019 by Claire Rampen and Emily Rogers. The Reath system enables businesses to transition to safe, data-driven reuse. The Reath technology combines affordable, ubiquitous machine-readable trackers (e.g. QR codes), with the reuse.id® Data Standard to create safe, compliant and data-driven reuse systems.