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What is the best way to message reuse?
Messaging strategies and talking points tailored to the four audience types that local advocates commonly target to promote reuse in food service.
The Conscious Cafeteria Report
A national pilot study on reusable foodware for healthier, more sustainable schools.
Stories of charting a path to reuse
Three case studies from early adopters of Chart-Reuse, showing how customized data helped them leverage their cause and make the case for reuse.
Chart-Reuse case study: Aluminum cans versus reusable cups
A reuse service provider wanted to show stadiums the difference in carbon emissions between reusable cups and aluminum cans. A Chart-Reuse case study.
Chart-Reuse case study: How do you convince high school administrators to switch to reuse?
Students from a California high school wanted help convincing school administrators to replace the disposable bowl used in the cafeteria with a reusable one. With a little purchasing data and Chart-Reuse, we were able to show the impact of switching to reuse.
Chart-Reuse case study: Advancing Skip the Stuff legislation in Upstate New York
When city legislators required local data to consider Skip the Stuff legislation, a small community organization turned to Upstream for help. A Chart-Reuse case study.
Putting reuse into practice
Upstream’s vision for reaching the “tipping point” where reuse services become a widespread, cross-sectional, intraoperative industry and an everyday utility.
Recycling versus reuse: are they really so different?
We sat Recycling and Reuse down together to talk out their differences—and they learned quite a bit from each other.
Reuse is a climate solution
Rethinking the supply chain for packaging must be a climate goal to put us on track to achieve net-zero emissions.