Advocacy strategies local groups and coalitions have been using to advance reuse in communities across the US & Canada.

Amidst rapid advancement of packaging EPR laws, stakeholders remain hyper-fixated on recycling. Solutions that require true systemic change, like reuse, risk being regarded as side issues in the absence of strong advocacy.

Reuse is, first and foremost, a core economic transformation. Why? Because it allocates the true cost of how materials move through our society.

Recyclable and reusable packaging can share collection points, transportation systems, and sorting and processing facilities. Here’s what that looks like.

A playbook for best-in-class Producer Responsibility Organizations for packaging EPR programs.

A table tracking how reuse is implicated in state EPR for packaging policies.

Upstream’s policy team shares 2024 highlights.

Upstream’s first appearance at this conference geared toward waste management professionals and government staff.

Upstream's Cerise Bridges offers her “notes from the field” after attending a conference about Chicago’s new sustainability law.