2025 Reuse Recap

If we had to pick a single word to represent the theme of 2025, it would be impact. We saw this reflected everywhere in the impact our customers and partners achieved with Rheaply: unprecedented value recaptured and exchanged, multiple customers exceeding a million dollars in donation or exchange value, and more items than ever before finding their next best use rather than being thrown away.

So, what does 365 days of reuse impact look like at Rheaply?

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The Big Picture

2025 Platform impact

Value
Total value exchanged
$28.7M
That's over 19 million Costco hot dog meals 🌭
Box
Items available for reuse
12.7M
11.9M added in 2025 alone
Exchanges Completed
Exchanges completed
5,636
Transactions facilitated in 2025
Exchange
Items exchanged
159.6K
Items found new homes through Rheaply
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon avoided
2.4M kg*
CO₂e kept out of the atmosphere*
Weight
Weight diverted
3.1M lbs
That's over 1,500 tons diverted from landfills!
Value donated
Value donated
$14.3M
Creating a positive ripple effect in communities across the country
Citi case study
Donation spotlight
Citi turns surplus into community investment
See how Citi partnered with Rheaply to donate $1.2M in surplus office assets to nonprofits and schools across 15 locations.
Read the case study →

*Our carbon data is currently to only a small subset of items. We are in the process of improving our carbon accounting methodology to capture a LOT more carbon impact and will have an update soon!

Highlights

Some standout moments from the year

Earth Day
Earth Day was our busiest day ever!
April 22nd
432 orders placed — celebrating the planet by giving resources a second life. Shoutout to Washington University in St. Louis for leading the charge!
Calendar
Most popular exchange day
Tuesdays
747 orders placed on Tuesdays in 2025
School bus
Heaviest item
School bus
15,000 lbs (7.5 tons!) saved from the scrapyard and ready for its next adventure
Earbuds
Lightest item
Headphones
At just 5 grams per earbud — lighter than a nickel
Office chair
Most popular item
Amia task chair
405 Steelcase Amia chairs found new homes — that's enough to seat an entire office floor
Piñata Teddy Bear Jewelry Shoes
Most divine donations
From The Righteous Gemstones
100 piñatas, 912 pieces of jewelry, 4,105 pairs of shoes, 222 stuffed animals, and a stripper pole pad — all from HBO's decommissioned set of The Righteous Gemstones. Read the case study →

Top categories

New features in 2025

Rheaply powered this impact end-to-end, combining robust inventory management with enhanced reporting, advancements in Bulk Imports, and seamless collaboration in Projects and Collections.

Inventory

Circulate

More 2025 updates →

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Data as of January 27, 2026