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Research background: Significant waste management solutions within the circular economy in municipalities and cities include reuse centres. They focus on recovering values that are considered unnecessary by their owners and play a key role in sustainable materials management and the fight against waste and excessive waste production. From a global perspective, this is a significant reduction of the negative ecological footprint. Within the context of their effective management, it is important to promote the activities of reuse centres within the global economic environment and to improve people’s overall awareness of value reuse. Purpose of the article: The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the usefulness of reuse centres in the context of circular economy and waste reduction and to examine the key factors that influence their operation. The essence of the paper is to show how consumers behave towards reused values, while at the same time examining the global impact and cooperation between European countries and international organisations in reuse centre activities in general, responding to current global and European challenges. Methods: The main methods used are structured analyses of facts and realities concerning the determinants that significantly influence the activities of reuse centres in the European environment. The analyses are based on quantitative research carried out in 2023/2024, which demonstrated several significant positive and negative factors operating in the circular economy and identified significant impacts on national economic interests and consumer behaviour. Findings & Value added: The paper will present significant determinants influencing the activities of reuse centres in the Czech Republic in the international context and their impact on consumer behaviour in relation to the return of value in the circular economy and provide recommendations to mitigate the negative impacts of the global ecological footprint on the development of society.