We are a leading change agency for reuse.
We’re driving change toward a robust and enduring reuse economy by normalizing reuse, growing and supporting the reuse industry, and ensuring a supportive policy environment.
Reuse in Action
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Grand Canyon Reuse Project
Upstream is leading a multi-year, multi-stakeholder, first-in-the-nation project at the Grand Canyon National Park which will result in the largest take-out reuse system in the U.S. at the South Rim’s food and beverage locations.
What’s Hot in Reuse Technology?
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What We Do
Reuse Economy
Designing a product from the beginning for maximum quality, durability, longevity, material health, and recyclability and getting that product into a system where it can be used over and over again in its original form.
Pass Policy
Crafting Just Reuse Policy
Real talk on challenges and opportunities when it comes to centering people and planet in policymaking. Part of Upstream’s series, The Role of Reuse in a Just Transition.
Switch to Reuse
Making the Switch
A research summary assessing how venues decide to integrate reuse into their business operations.
Reuse Research
Reuse Wins at Events
An updated version of Upstream’s seminal 2021 LCA of reusable versus single use cups used at event venues.
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Reuse Advocacy in Action
Reuse program examples from around the country.
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"This will be a complete game-changer in the reusable packaging industry. We are enabling our crates to communicate with each other and the cloud without any fixed external infrastructure required from retailers or growers, and this is something no other pooler is doing at the moment." -Christopher Trixl