Today, much of institutional, fast food, and fast casual dining - and virtually all takeout and delivery - uses disposable food-serviceware. And all those takeout containers, bags, boxes, condiment packets, plastic utensils, cold and hot cups and lids, and napkins add up. Nearly ONE TRILLION disposable food service products are used each year in the United States.
Did you know? Prior to World War II, virtually all commercial beverages sold in the United States came in refillable bottles. But afterwards, extraction companies which had fueled the war effort furthered their partnerships with consumer goods, fast food and beverage companies, giving rise to our current throwaway model.
In our latest vlog, Upstream CEO & Chief Solutioneer, Matt Prindiville, shares some key learnings from his recent trip to Atlanta and GreenBiz group’s Circularity conference. It was a sold-out 3 day affair with more than a thousand sustainability professionals from virtually every consumer brand, plus representatives from the rest of their value chain -- a potent mix that fostered some exciting conversations and opportunities regarding the future of reuse.
In this week's vlog, Upstream CEO & Chief Solutioneer, Matt Prindiville, walks us through the infrastructure that will be needed to scale the new reuse economy, and how this infrastructure will revolutionize the way we consume.
In honor of Women's History Month, Indisposable Podcast host Brooking Gatewood presents a roundup of her favorite interviews with some of the many innovative, visionary, women-identified Solutioneers driving the Reuse Movement forward.
PepsiCo and Starbucks are the latest brands to announce goals for reuse. But what does this really mean for the reuse movement? Learn more: https://upstreamsolutions.org/blog/pepsico-and-starbucks-reuse In the last month, some BIG brands who have been major players in the throw-away economy made historic announcements about their goals to move to reuse.
With fans returning to sporting arenas and concert-goers celebrating the return of music festivals, sustainability issues at events and venues are coming back into focus - specifically, the ever-present disposable plastic cup.
How often do you go for a walk or a drive in your local community and encounter litter strewn about in the environment? For almost anyone, the answer to this question would be practically every day. It's clear by now that disposables don't make any sense - they literally don't make dollars, or cents!
