At its root, the reuse movement is a social and environmental justice movement.

Whether you are a restaurant or school curious to increase your use of reusable foodware, a government department crafting a reuse for onsite dining policy, or a community group eager to organize around less trash, this library is a one-stop resource shop.

With The Reusies in its 4th year, we’ve been reflecting and listening to our communities and networks on ways to improve the program.

Reuse is the future of foodservice—partnerships and policy will get us there.

We sit down with Upstream partner Huskee to learn about their business model and trends they are seeing in the reuse movement.

John Charles Meyer, E.D. of Plastic Free Restaurants, shares insights into running a reuse-focused nonprofit.

We don’t need consumer behavior change, we need systems change, initiated by leading brands.

Upstream staff share key takeaways from GreenBiz’s Circularity 23 conference. The bottom line: change is happening fast, and the time to act is now.

Growly Delivers was a reusable growler delivery company in Phoenix that delivered local craft beer and coffee. Author Daniel Velez co-founded it in 2018 and closed it in 2022. Here are 3 things he learned from launching and running a novel reuse company.