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The Conscious Cafeteria Report
A national pilot study on reusable foodware for healthier, more sustainable schools.
What else makes an effective LCA for reuse?
How to effectively use LCAs as a tool to leverage and scale reuse systems.
What makes an effective LCA for reuse?
To make a strong case for reuse and to build optimal systems, we need to use a systems approach in our LCAs.
Reuse works. Now, how do we fund it?
A new report dives deep into the mechanics and potential of Outcomes-Based Waste Prevention (OBWP) to help solve plastic pollution.
Reuse wins for the climate, too
Conversation about the climate crisis tends to center on vehicles and the power grid. But the one-way throw-away economy is also a major factor. Here’s how you can help.
Overcoming the challenges to reuse
Reuse requires rethinking how we deliver and consume. Many food businesses think switching to reusables will significantly increase labor costs, although the actual experiences do not support this view.
The New Reuse Economy: The future of food service is reusable
Emerging trends in foodservice have the potential to completely disrupt our current disposable food-service paradigm and replace it with something better.
The dirty truth about disposable foodware
Overbrook report details the economic costs to businesses and cities from disposable foodware.
Greenpeace recycling report: plastics recycling isn’t working, but this creates new opportunities for reduce and reuse
Plastics recycling isn’t working, but this creates new opportunities for reduce and reuse.