Celebrate local businesses providing us with reusable, refillable options
In honor of World Refill Day (recognized annually on June 16th), Upstream rolled out a campaign that any person, group, or community can launch at any time. The idea is to lift up, through social media, all the businesses that we can find who are offering their customers reuse and refill options, and to let businesses that aren’t offering reusables know that it will save them money, help the planet and is safe (and easy) to do so.
Join the #ReusableBlitz!
How can you get started?
Visit businesses in your community and see whether they offer reusable or refillable options to their customers.
Celebrate the reuseable-friendly businesses who are making these options available:
Take a photo of the business and/or with the business owner/staff (make sure to ask for permission first!).
Tag the business and include the hashtags: #WorldRefillDay, #WeWelcomeReusables and #ReusableBlitz
Post on your social media channels.
For businesses who aren’t providing reusable or refillable options (yet), share more information about reusables – why they save businesses money and protect the planet and how they are safe even during a pandemic. Remember not to blame or shame them but to educate and inspire!
Sign up today to:
Lead a reusable blitz and organize volunteers. You can launch a local blitz and organize volunteers – and we can help connect you with volunteers who sign up through this platform.
Sign up as an individual. You can do this on your own. If you want to connect with a local organizer, you will find them on this webpage as soon as groups sign up to lead a campaign. (Remember to check back later to see what groups are doing this in your community!)
Please sign up so we can amplify your campaign and add your effort to the Reusable Blitz Map. This map will help us connect people blitzing in communities across the country.
What kinds of businesses should you visit?
It’s up to you! You or your team of volunteers can elevate local businesses who are providing reusables in:
Onsite dining or take-out meals and beverages
Product delivery
Refill options for food and consumer goods
Even repair shops and used product exchanges!
Check out the #ReusableBlitz Toolkit!
Available for anyone to use, anytime! The #ReusableBlitz is launching on June 16th in communities across the U.S. But you can join anytime and help spread the news across the country that all kinds of businesses are choosing to reuse.
Join a Global Movement
Reusable Blitzes are popping up around the globe. Get your community on the map by starting a Reusable Blitz today!
Questions? Email us.