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