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840 million single-use products to replace new reuse service economy

Upstream

Upstream released Reuse Wins – a report showing how a new reuse economy is emerging to replace single-use products in food service.

The report’s key findings draw from life-cycle studies that compare the environmental impacts of disposables versus reusables, and project the potential cost savings to business and communities from transitioning to a reuse economy.


The problem: today’s “one-way throw-away” economy

The solution: tomorrow’s new reuse economy

“The food service industry’s reliance on disposables wastes money and resources, while causing harm to communities,” said Miriam Gordon, Policy Director for Upstream and principal author of the report. “But the good news is there’s a new reuse economy emerging that’s disrupting the current disposable paradigm and replacing it with something better.”

“Reuse helps keep the disposables out of local waste streams and litter off the streets –– saving businesses and residents money,” said Sego Jackson, City of Seattle’s Strategic Advisor for Waste Prevention and Product Stewardship who reviewed the report. “From a local government perspective, reusable food service reduces hard-to-recycle products at the source, helping cities reduce costs associated with waste management.” Upstream released Reuse Wins. key findings

SOURCE: PRNewswire

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