Trash pollutes city streets, waterways, parks, and natural ecosystems. It’s clear by now that disposables don’t make any sense. But really – they literally don’t make dollars or cents. Learn why this is and how Upstream is helping transform the food service sector.

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.

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.

Praising leaders in eliminating single-use products, The Reusies winners were announced at GreenBiz’s Circularity 23 on June 7, 2023

Seattle, WA - Environmental nonprofit Upstream today at GreenBiz Circularity launched an innovative new product: Chart-Reuse™, the industry’s first foodware reuse analytics platform.

Today, Upstream released a new white paper: The New Reuse Economy: How reuse systems and services will revolutionize how we consume – which expands upon their vision to see 30% of consumable goods sold in reusable formats in the U.S. and Canada by 2030.

We’re excited to bring you into the conversation about an updated direction for Upstream and what we’re working to accomplish in the world.

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.