Wondering what steps you can take to be part of the solution to plastic pollution this Plastic Free July (and beyond!)? Check out this roundup.

Upstream staff share key takeaways from GreenBiz’s Circularity 23 conference. The bottom line: change is happening fast, and the time to act is now.

From Single-use to Reuse: Earth Day Event Highlights Growing Reuse Movement, with Announcements and Remarks by Federal Government Agencies and Leaders of Reuse Movement

Growly Delivers was a reusable growler delivery company in Phoenix that delivered local craft beer and coffee. Author Daniel Velez co-founded it in 2018 and closed it in 2022. Here are 3 things he learned from launching and running a novel reuse company.

Happy International Women’s Day! Here at Upstream, we are inspired daily by the many visionary, innovative, and dauntless women who power the reuse movement.

With big brands signaling support for extended producer responsibility (EPR), deposit-return systems (DRS), and – most recently – reuse/refill, opportunities have opened up to pass policies and build infrastructure to transform how we consume products. But with these commitments come competing ideas around vision, strategies and tactics – and about which policies should come first, and which should follow.

In honor of Women’s History Month, Indisposable Podcast host Brooking Gatewood presents a roundup of her favorite interviews with some of the many innovative, visionary, women-identified Solutioneers driving the Reuse Movement forward.