Reusable Packaging Case Studies

01Case 001

One tray, six retailers.

Repasys is Belgium's first large-scale pilot for reusable food packaging. Six competing supermarket chains sell white mushrooms in one standard reusable tray. Consumers pay a deposit and return the tray to any participating store. Rotion gives every tray an identity, records each scan and clears the deposits between the retailers.

Pilot running in the Mechelen region, coordinated by Flanders' FOOD and VIL with support from VLAIO.

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Reusable trays of white mushrooms and cherry tomatoes on a supermarket shelf, with deposit labels on the shelf edge — Reusable trays in storeMechelen region

Packages in use.: 106,312
Retailers on one record.: 6
Deposit per tray.: €0.30
Return at the kiosk.: under 3 s

Repasys / Tray routeIllustration

ProducerFill + GS1 QR

Distribution centerDispatch

Six stores, return kiosk in each

Albert Heijn

ALDI

LidlReturned here

Delhaize

Carrefour

ColruytSold here

Cross-store return€0.30 clearedColruyt → Lidl

Returned

Wash centerClean

Clean trays back to the producer

Tray flowSix stores, return kiosk in eachCross-store return, deposit cleared

01Producer
Filled and labeled with a GS1 Digital Link QR code.
02Distribution
Sent on to the stores.
03Colruyt
Sold with a €0.30 deposit.
04Lidl
Returned at the kiosk in under 3 seconds.
05Rotion
€0.30 cleared between the two chains.
06Wash center
Washed for the next fill.
07Producer
Back in the loop.

“What makes REPASYS interesting for us is the combination of the project’s ambition and the simplicity of the system. A uniform tray, a clear deposit, return possible at any participating store.”

Elke Gijsbrechts, Fost Plus

Participating retailers

02Customers

Find a loop like yours.

One line per customer on what it runs in Rotion, grouped by the loop.

All loops 15Retail packaging with Repasys 5Reusable packaging and IBCs 2Reverse logistics 2Garments and workwear 3Asset lifecycles 2Social economy 1

Retail packaging with Repasys5 customers

RepasysBelgium
One reusable tray for white mushrooms across six supermarket chains, with deposits cleared per tray.
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Colruyt Group
Runs reusable retail packaging in the Repasys pilot.
ALDI
Runs reusable retail packaging in the Repasys pilot.
Carrefour
Runs reusable retail packaging in the Repasys pilot.
Flanders' FOOD
Coordinates the Repasys pilot for reusable retail packaging.