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Bringing Reuse for On–Site Dining into Reach

Trash pollutes city streets, waterways, parks, and natural ecosystems. It’s clear by now that disposables don’t make any sense. But really – they literally don’t make dollars or cents. Learn why this is and how Upstream is helping transform the food service sector.

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Reuse Policy Wins in 2022

Sydney Harris, Upstream’s interim Strategic Policy Advisor, walks us through the many reuse policy victories to celebrate from 2022.

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Upstream shares vision for New Reuse Economy

Today, Upstream released a new white paper: The New Reuse Economy: How reuse systems and services will revolutionize how we consume – which expands upon their vision to see 30% of consumable goods sold in reusable formats in the U.S. and Canada by 2030.

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Upstream’s Vision

We’re excited to bring you into the conversation about an updated direction for Upstream and what we’re working to accomplish in the world.

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Overcoming the challenges to reuse

Reuse requires rethinking how we deliver and consume. Many food businesses think switching to reusables will significantly increase labor costs, although the actual experiences do not support this view.

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Upstream and Closed Loop Partners Announce Winners of The Reusies® 2022, Identifying Leaders in Eliminating Single-Use Products

Announcing… the winners of The Reusies 2022!

Erin Covey-Smith 9/15/22 Erin Covey-Smith 9/15/22

Two Reusies Finalists Among Innovators in Reusable Bag Pilots

Closed Loop Partners released a report this week – Beyond the Plastic Bag: Sparking a Seachange for Reuse – that illustrates reuse innovations in action. And it features two finalists for The Reusies® Most Innovative Reuse Company: GOATOTE and Fill it Forward.

Vanessa Tiongson 9/1/22 Vanessa Tiongson 9/1/22

What does “indisposable” mean to you?

The Indisposable Podcast™ is celebrating its 100th episode this week! We turned to some members of the Upstream team to see what “indisposable” has come to mean to them.

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Meet the Innovators of the Reuse Movement

Meet the finalists for The Reusies® 2022!

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How to do reuse at home

There’s a lot of single-use waste that comes into our homes. But there are concrete steps we can take to reduce it.

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The New Reuse Economy: The future of food service is reusable

Emerging trends in foodservice have the potential to completely disrupt our current disposable food-service paradigm and replace it with something better.

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Bringing Reuse Solutions for On–Site Dining into Reach

Trash pollutes city streets, waterways, parks, and natural ecosystems – all at a cost to people and the planet. It’s clear by now that disposables don’t make any sense. But really – they literally don’t make dollars or cents. Learn why this is and how Upstream is helping transform the food service sector from a disposable nightmare to a real and reusable future.

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How Extended Producer Responsibility Can Help Build a Waste-Free Future

EPR – aka extended producer responsibility – is a policy tool that holds consumer brands responsible for the environmental impacts of their products and packaging. Learn how EPR can move us toward a circular economy that follows the waste reduction hierarchy of reduce and reuse first, before recycling.

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