As reuse has picked up the pace, so have we — and we produced a whole lot in 2025! Here’s what we found you were reading, listening to, and viewing the most throughout last year.

2025 was the Year of Innovation for Upstream and the reuse movement. Join us in celebrating everyone’s accomplishments.

Exploring the role of policymaking as it relates to a just transition to a reuse economy.

One of Upstream’s core strategies is to grow and support the reuse industry, and to that end we have been considering all of the potential ways in which it can be funded. The goal is to identify best bets so we can concentrate our efforts to scale infrastructure.

Insights from reuse advocates who are working on projects in places where policy is difficult to pass.

Upstream shares what stood out to us after attending Climate Week NYC 2025 in New York City, NY.

Funding for reuse infrastructure remains the biggest gap to transitioning the U.S. to a reuse economy. Public funding options can help bridge that gap.

Lessons in applying Just Transition principles to Upstream’s reuse project at Grand Canyon National Park.

image: National Park Service

How are things going in Banff, two years after passing a visionary waste reduction bylaw?