As industries respond to growing interest in reuse systems and prepare for incoming reuse and refill targets through legislation, ReSim is helping businesses, policymakers, industry coalitions and NGOs navigate the transition. Our sustainable packaging system analysis provides clear, evidence-based insights into the environmental, financial, and social trade-offs associated with different packaging and reuse model choices.
What is ReSim?
ReSim is Eunomia’s proprietary analytical framework for evaluating reusable versus single-use packaging systems. Combining bespoke system modelling with advanced data analysis and visualisation, ReSim offers system-wide assessment adaptable to any industry, business model, or region. It supports all reuse models, from B2B systems to the full range of B2C models including refill on the go, return from home, and return on the go.
Our Approach
Working in partnership with clients, our team uses ReSim’s integrated modelling capabilities to:
- Simulate packaging systems and supply chain dynamics under different scenarios
- Quantify environmental, financial, and operational impacts
- Visualise trade-offs through interactive dashboards and tailored reporting
- Explore options and identify optimal pathways for transitioning to reuse
Rather than an off-the-shelf software product, ReSim is a consultancy-led service that applies our specialised methodology and data infrastructure to each client’s unique context. This ensures analysis is rigorous, defensible, and directly applicable to decision-making.
Proven Impact
Our ReSim framework has already uncovered valuable insights during projects with leading organisations, including:
- Empowering Meridian’s Reuse & Refill Action Forum members as the first step on a journey to understanding the environmental and financial impacts of introducing a beverage container reuse system.
- A feasibility study for Story of Stuff that reveals the environmental and economic impacts of integrating reuse into California’s current beverage container deposit system.
- A life cycle assessment for GoUnpackaged’s Refill Coalition, showing the environmental impacts of reusable packaging systems in the grocery sector compared with single-use alternatives.
Simon Hann, our Principal Consultant who leads the ReSim team said:
“Organisations are under growing pressure to align with increasingly stringent sustainability targets, but understanding the full system impacts of changes such as introducing reuse can be complex. ReSim brings clarity by combining our proprietary analytical methodology with expert consultancy to help teams quantify trade-offs and make informed choices grounded in evidence. We work in partnership with clients throughout the process – from initial system modelling and data analysis, through interpreting results and developing tailored recommendations, to planning for implementation.”
If you’re interested in understanding what the possibilities are with ReSim contact our Packaging Lead Shane Monkman to set up an initial conversation.
