EPISODE 184: Experts and advocates share their insights into reuse and refill in state and federal food codes, plus strategies to update your own state’s food code to be more reuse/refill friendly.

EPISODE 183: Lessons from the California school district that helped 300+ schools transition to reuse through a statewide grant program.

EPISODE 182: An exploration of behavior change science for reuse with Jen Carrigan and Katie Patrick.

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EPISODE 178: Christy Briggs of Lumen Field & the Seattle Seahawks and Mary McCarthy of Levy Restaurants on the opportunities and challenges posed by bringing reuse to the sports & entertainment sector.

EPISODE 176: Upstream shares key points from their recent position paper on what to expect in a best-in-class PRO and discusses the model set up by CITEO in France.

EPISODE 172: Organizers in states where it is challenging to pass policy are still doing good work to reduce plastic waste and encourage reuse. Plastic Free MKE shares the story of their success.

Episode 171: Preemption laws—or “bans on bans”—can make it hard for localities in more conservative states to pass plastic reduction and reuse policies. Learn insights & workarounds from on-the-ground advocates in FL, CO, and MT.

Episode 166: Christiana Dujardin, lead analyst for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s groundbreaking report, Unlocking A Reuse Revolution - Scaling Returnable Packaging, shares insights & takeaways on designing a returnable packaging system that can compete across the board with single-use.

Episode 165: A recording of the summer Reuse Solutions Network meeting, which dives deep on the interrelation between single-use plastic, climate change, environmental justice, and a just transition to reuse.