2023 was a special year at Upstream. While celebrating our 20th Anniversary, we had some big changes here with a switch at the helm with Matt Prindiville’s departure and Crystal Dreisbach’s arrival. And throughout it all, the reuse movement continued to grow, innovate and implement solutions across North America.

Please join us in celebrating this memorable year with our short end-of-year sizzle reel of 2023 highlights.

Upstream’s Board and staff send our unending gratitude to the families, individuals, foundations and businesses who invested in Upstream’s solutions and funded our role as a lead change agent in the reuse movement across North America. These funders recognize that we need systemic change upstream to truly impact at scale and make the paradigm shift a reality: packaging as a service, not a product.

As a 501C(3) nonprofit organization with a B2B focus, we rely on our funders to enable us to work with transformational partners to scale reuse faster; provide open source campaigns, policy, and communication platforms; facilitate national networks; support community coalitions; create opportunities for dialogue across sectors; share the stories of the reuse movement on our podcast, livestreams and blogs/vlogs; host The Reusies, and more.

Please join us in giving a special shout-out to our business sponsors, many of whom came to us via 1% for the Planet, which connects businesses, individuals and nonprofits to protect the planet.

We're always on the lookout for value-aligned businesses to join us in our mission to accelerate the transition to a new reuse economy. Interested? Contact julie@upstreamsolutions.org