Act Locally
Want to activate change in your community? Upstream provides the resources and support you need to make the case that reuse wins for people, planet, and businesses’ bottom line.
Reuse for foodservice wins over single-use 100% of the time.
Community Action Features
The Reuse for Onsite Dining Library
This collaborative library is for advocates, schools & businesses, governments, elected officials, and anyone who dreams of only being served with real dishes & cutlery when going out to eat: disposable-free dining.
Community Action Tools
Reuse for onsite dining library
This library is for advocates, schools & businesses, governments, elected officials, and anyone who dreams of only being served with real dishes & cutlery when going out to eat: disposable-free dining.
Reuse Wins
Reuse Wins shows how a new reuse economy is emerging to replace the use of single-use products in food service.
An educational handout for coffee shops
A handy printable flyer you can bring to your local coffee shop to encourage them to use real dishes on-site.
Climate, Plastics & Reuse Toolkit
Reuse solutions to the climate & plastics crises.
Join the
Reuse Solutions Network
Local leaders developing policy and infrastructure.
Network Benefits
The reuse movement connected
The Reuse Solutions Network is a movement of activists, NGOs, business innovators, and government officials creating a world where reuse and refill are standard practice, with an emphasis of transitioning away from our current “one-way throw-away” economic model. The network supports leaders working across the U.S. and Canada to:
Join a learning and collaboration space that fosters insight into reuse policy and infrastructure solutions
Share resources, tools, and best practices on source reduction and reuse/refill concepts
Gather in dialogue with like-minded reuse leaders to support new initiatives
Catalyze and pass policies that promote reuse and reduce single-use products and packaging
Develop reuse infrastructure and financial opportunities for reuse initiatives
Accelerate the growth of innovative reuse businesses
90-minute meetings are held every other month and focus on a specific topic, featuring guest speakers and presentations, followed by discussion/Q&A.
Who you’ll meet
An international network of local governments and elected officials
Ideate and accelerate reuse initiatives with representatives from businesses and organizations including:
We did not “ask” for our packaging to be disposable. Why should companies wait for consumers to “ask” for reusable products and packaging?