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Bringing Reuse for On–Site Dining into Reach
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.
Partnership & policy to drive reuse in foodservice
Reuse is the future of foodservice—partnerships and policy will get us there.
Honoring the Environmental Justice Movement
Celebrating some of the invaluable gains the environmental justice movement has made recently – and recognizing the ongoing efforts of just a few of the groups within our networks.
Welcome to Chart-Reuse
We are so excited to introduce you to Chart-Reuse™ - the first reuse analytics platform to help food service companies shift from single-use to reuse.
The Reuse Outreach Playbook
An everyday guide for conducting reuse outreach & education at food businesses.
Organizing for Reuse: Local Changemakers in Action
When it comes to changing something as entrenched as the throw-away culture, the real changemakers are local community members and their elected officials – people who are passionate about saving the planet and ready to innovate new approaches.
Climate, plastics and reuse
Studies consistently show that reusable foodware has significantly less environmental impacts than their single-use counterparts and can be a key strategy for reducing overall emissions. Learn more about how Climate Action Plans and consumption-based emissions inventories (CBEIs) tie to reuse and help move the needle on climate action.
Which comes first? Extended Producer Responsibility or Deposit-Return?
With big brands signaling support for extended producer responsibility (EPR), deposit-return systems (DRS), and – most recently – reuse/refill, opportunities have opened up to pass policies and build infrastructure to transform how we consume products. But with these commitments come competing ideas around vision, strategies and tactics – and about which policies should come first, and which should follow.
Women who power the Reuse Movement
In honor of Women’s History Month, Indisposable Podcast host Brooking Gatewood presents a roundup of her favorite interviews with some of the many innovative, visionary, women-identified Solutioneers driving the Reuse Movement forward.