Setting the stage for the new reuse economy

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Written By Matt Prindiville

Episode #84

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With big brands signaling support for extended producer responsibility (EPR), deposit-return systems (DRS), and – most recently – reuse/refill, new opportunities have opened up to pass policy and create the infrastructure needed to transform how we consume products like food, beverages, personal care and cleaning products. 

Maine-based bottle redemption business CLYNK uses the same infrastructure for its return system as will be needed in this New Reuse Economy. Join host Matt Prindiville and Clayton Kyle, founder & chairman of CLYNK (and Upstream board chair emeritus!), as they discuss the potential for innovative companies to be service providers for the circular economy – and to support the buildout of EPR and deposit-return systems for packaging.

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Matt Prindiville

Matt is a recognized thought leader within the plastic pollution community and advises the United Nations Environment Program on their plastic pollution strategies. He is one of the founders of the global Break Free from Plastic Movement and the founder of the Cradle2 Coalition and Make It Take It Campaign. He helped establish and advance the Electronics Takeback Coalition, the Multi-State Mercury Campaign, and the Safer Chemicals and Healthy Families Coalition. Matt has written for the Guardian, GreenBiz, and Sustainable Brands among other publications. He’s been featured in the Economist, the New York Times, on NPR’s 1A, Jack Johnson’s Smog of the Sea film, and consulted with 60 Minutes on their plastic pollution special. He can be found surfing, snowboarding, and coaching his daughter's basketball team.

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