The Beverage Container Reuse Advisor powered by ReSim!
This tool, developed in partnership with the Meridian Institute, is built to empower Meridian’s Reuse & Refill Action Forum members as the first step on the journey to understanding the environmental and financial impacts of introducing a beverage container reuse system.
Built for the USA
Reuse Advisor Focuses on non-alcoholic retail beverages sold in the United States.
Designed for Pre-fill
The modeled reuse/refill system is based on a ‘pre-filled’ retail beverage container system that provides the beverage directly to the consumer.
Exclusions
Excludes dispensing methods that use reusable cups or other ‘back-end’ reusable vessels with which the consumer does not interact.
User Guide
The User Guide, available for download here, offers supplemental data, assumptions and modeling rationale to help users understand how the tool’s results are calculated. While the tool itself outlines inputs and key assumptions, the User Guide provides a more detailed explanation of how the inputs influence the calculations the modeled system, and the justification behind key assumptions.
