Friends of Upstream share the Library of Things concept, a community resource where useful items can be borrowed just like books that are in circulation for years.

image: Baltimore Tool Library

A model from ReThink Disposable helps solve for loss rates when implementing reuse in school cafeterias.

Schools around the US have successfully switched to reusable foodware. Here’s how.

Upstream’s first appearance at this conference geared toward waste management professionals and government staff.

Upstream's Cerise Bridges offers her “notes from the field” after attending a conference about Chicago’s new sustainability law.

Upstream's Reuse Funding Tracker monitors incentives and grants that could be used to support projects related to source reduction of disposable packaging and foodware.

Reducing resource consumption and improving production processes can develop more resilient, equitable systems that prioritize long-term sustainability for the economy, people, and the environment. 

The importance of embedding reuse into climate action plans—and how measuring consumption-based emissions gives a far more accurate depiction of a municipality’s climate impact.

A conversation summary from the summer meeting of the Reuse Solutions Network.