Introducing REUSE.IQ
The first-ever global database of reuse practitioners
Putting reuse solutions on the map
One finding from our 2025 Reuse Practitioners Survey was the need for a common source of information about reuse solutions. REUSE.IQ is our attempt to fill this gap
It's a free, publicly searchable database of over 800 reuse and circular-economy businesses operating around the world.
Each entry includes location, business model, core category, year founded, ownership status, and other verified details, drawn from public sources. Users can search and filter the database, browse results in a card, table or map view
It will grow in breadth and accuracy as new entries and corrections are suggested
Have a look and see what you think, and let us know if you have recommendations on how to improve the database
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
Dr. Simran Talwar
Research Director and Circular Economy Lead at the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures
Super exciting to see a comprehensive dataset of reuse activity across the globe! REUSE.IQ provides a vast array of reuse businesses making it easier for the business and research community to access and engage with the reuse ecosystem, a step forward in advancing a circular economy
Greg Hewitt
Chair of Action on Plastic UK
This database makes an incredible start to map reuse solutions, which, over the next few years, as DRS and EPR are rolled out, will prove to be really useful to businesses looking for solutions to reduce single-use plastic, and embrace the circular economy. At Action on Plastic UK, our mission is to build a movement taking action on plastic, and we're certain that this database will help to achieve this
Roger Sharp
Trustee, REUSE Foundation
For years, anyone trying to understand the scale of the global reuse movement has had to piece it together from scratch — there was no shared map of who is doing this work, where, and how. REUSE.IQ changes that. By putting a citable, verifiable database of reuse businesses into the open, we want to make it easier for researchers, funders, and policymakers to see this sector clearly, and easier for the businesses themselves to be found, compared, and supported. This launch is a beta and a beginning — we're inviting the whole reuse community to help us make it more complete