REinventing the economy

Reuse, repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing… Join the must-attend European event where economic opportunity and sustainable transition come together!

REuse Economy Expo 2026 in Pictures

Key figures for the 2027 edition — coming soon

4000

professional attendees

7

exhibition sectors

600

solutions

80

conferences

30%

international participants

What is the Reuse Economy?

The Reuse Economy encompasses all activities, infrastructures, and value chains that extend the use of products and components. It is part of the 10R framework and primarily focuses on the activity families from R1 to R7: Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Refurbish, Remanufacture, and Repurpose.

The Reuse Economy triptych :

Design for multiple life cycles: robustness, modularity, disassembly, and standardisation of products and components
Organise product return and circulation: refilling, collection, take-back systems, reverse logistics, and shared flows

Extend product use: reuse, repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing, and repurposing

2027 Theme: “Public Policy or Market Dynamics: Which Will Make Reuse the New Norm?”

The 2027 edition will bring together six major exhibition areas to showcase concrete solutions for reuse, repair, refurbishment, and remanufacturing, while providing opportunities to connect, exchange, and learn alongside French and European stakeholders.

Electrical equipments & Batteries

Packaging

Furniture Objects & Textile

Logistics & Traceability

Construction & Building

Consulting & Transition support

The reuse economy decoded by our experts

Reuse: How Can We Successfully Scale Up Industrial Operations?

Turning heterogeneous product return streams into an industrial-scale system requires careful planning: securing access to sufficient volumes of products, establishing reliable sorting processes,...

Developing Local Reuse Schemes and Ensuring Complementarity with Recycling

Reuse now needs to be supported by reliable and sustainable business models established at local level. The development of infrastructure dedicated to reuse must necessarily be accompanied by an...

Making Europe the Driving Force Behind Circular Fashion

The *State & Prospects of Circular Fashion in Europe* study* reveals that the European circular fashion market could exceed **€100 billion by 2030**. This outlook highlights the considerable...

The Real Challenge of Reuse in Europe Begins Now

The European Union now has an unprecedented regulatory toolkit to accelerate the transition toward a more circular economy: the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), the Ecodesign for...

Packaging reuse: incentives to scale up

Packaging reuse in France remains a regulatory promise that is still too little visible at industrial scale: 1.82% in 2024, compared with a legal target of 10% by 2027. This figure does not reflect...

Training talent for the reuse economy: the missing link in acceleration

Vocational training is the major blind spot in the transition toward a reuse-based economy. This op-ed is addressed to all those who, in companies, institutions, and educational establishments,...

Refurbished: Building a high-quality circular economy in the face of low-cost illusions

The circular economy is no longer a utopian vision held by pioneers; it has become a cornerstone of European economic sovereignty and ecological transition. Yet, as the refurbished market (with...

Standardizing products, processes, and data to enable large-scale industrialization

Reuse—whether through refurbishment, second-hand markets, repair, or reuse—has entered a phase of acceleration. This momentum is driven both by a growing number of pilot projects and by practices...

Repair and Reuse: Eco-Design as a Driver of Industrial Competitiveness

Geoeconomic tensions over certain resources and the current instability of supply chains are leading companies to adjust their industrial strategies. In this context, integrating eco-design today...

Developing and Scaling Reuse Infrastructure: Moving from Experimentation to Industrialization

In France, the AGEC law has played a welcome accelerating role in the development of reuse. It set a clear ambition — reaching 10% reusable packaging by 2027 (across all product categories) — and...

Digital Product Passport: From Regulatory Compliance to Market Transformation

Using Our Resources Better: Reuse, Repair, Recycle. To reduce environmental impact as well as the consumption of raw materials and energy required to manufacture consumer products, the European...

In the face of the climate emergency, increasing

In the face of the climate emergency, increasing pressure on resources and the need to fundamentally transform our production models, the construction sector can no longer afford inaction. In...

Placing the Duration of Use at the Heart of Tomorrow’s Economy

By Celia RENNESSON Placing the duration of use at the heart of the economy is no longer an option: it has become a strategic necessity in the face of growing pressure on resources, increasingly...

The economic model based on infinite extraction...

The economic model based on endless extraction is now showing its limits, revealing a major ecological and social debt. Faced with the depletion of resources and growing geopolitical risks, reuse...