The Barometer
Three editions, two strategic partners, 12 national partners.
Since 2024, the Barometer has grown from 90 to 130 respondents, and from one European report to national reports. Discover the Barometer →
Europe's reuse market intelligence platform. It started with yearly reports: three editions since 2024, 268 respondents. It turned into a platform that now gathers 1,138 reuse and refill companies and a library of 274 case studies, LCAs and documents.
The reports cover both reuse, the companies that run reusable packaging, and refill, the companies that sell in bulk without packaging. The reuse results are organised in five themes; refill is presented as one segment. Each block below shows findings from the 130 companies surveyed in 2026, with their source. All the market insights →
The Barometer tracks market developments, maps the capabilities of the industry and draws from them insights for policy, investment and the scale-up of reusable packaging systems.
Benchmark their performance against the sector and be found by customers and partners.
Market insights →Directory →Join in 2027 →Know which systems exist, what they cost and how they perform.
Directory →Case studies by question →Judge the maturity, the economics and the risks of the sector.
Economic performance →Market development →Read the PPWR targets against what operators already achieve.
Barriers and enabling conditions →Method →Cite the data, reuse the figures, find the studies.
Library →How to cite →The findings of the reports in five themes: market, economics, operations, environment, enabling conditions. Charts to read and enlarge.
Open →The most extensive European database of reuse and refill companies, by activity, country and PPWR category; the Barometer respondents are marked.
Open →Case studies, life cycle assessments and third-party studies, navigable by eight questions.
Open →Three European editions and two Belgian editions, to read or download.
Open →Since 2024, the Barometer has grown from 90 to 130 respondents, and from one European report to national reports. Discover the Barometer →
268 respondents have shared their data since 2024. See the full directory →
"The European Reuse Barometer is more than a report. It is a tool to make the reuse sector visible, credible, and heard."
"The European Reuse Barometer is a unique opportunity to showcase the diversity of reuse in Europe."
Full European edition, or national extensions (Belgium).
90 companies surveyed — the starting point of pan-European reuse tracking.
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European edition, plus the Belgium focus.
Download PDF → · Belgium focus →First edition organised by PPWR category and first to cover refill, plus the second Belgian report.
Download PDF → · Belgium focus → · See the 2026 figures →Companies answer the survey, national associations relay it, funders and EPR organisations make the editions possible. What each pathway entails →
Answering the yearly online survey: five pages and seven thematic blocks (company profile, reuse focus, bulk focus, scope of operations, financials and employment, qualitative feedback, consent).
Take part in the 2027 survey →Relaying the survey to the reuse and refill companies of the country, helping identify companies, and reviewing the national reading of the results..
Become a national partner →Funding the European edition or a national report.
Fund an edition or a national extension →
