Official Event Program

Presented by Upstream

 

Welcome!

 

Thank you for attending the The Reusies® 2023.

We’re so glad you’re joining us as we celebrate all the heroes building a better way than throw-away—and especially, the winners of this year’s awards in the categories of Activist of the Year, Community Action of the Year, Most Innovative Reuse Company, and and honoree for Corporate Initiative of the Year.

This year’s theme is collaboration & cooperation. Seeing our way to a New Reuse Economy will require innovators, corporate sustainability officers, NGO staff, community and environmental justice leaders and government officials—all working together to transform how we consume. And today, we come together to celebrate the community efforts that are making that vision a reality. Join us!

The Show

Wednesday, June 7, 2023
12pm ET / 9am PT

 

Welcome, introductions, and background

Finalist overview & winner announcements: Community Action of the Year

Policy

Building Reuse

BrownGirl Green Reusies Exclusive: Emerging Leaders in Circularity

With Kristy Drutman and Bryan Lewis, Program Manager, GreenBiz.org

Finalist overview & winner announcements: Most Innovative Reuse Company

Consumer Packaged Goods

Food & Beverage

Fashion & Apparel

Flash of Inspiration: Together Possible

With Erin Simon, Vice President, Plastic Waste and Business at World Wildlife Fund

Honorary award announcement: Corporate Initiative of the Year

Finalist overview & winner announcements: Activist of the Year

15-20 minute break

Indisposable Live (Live!): Working Together to Build the New Reuse Economy

Meet the panelists.

The Reusies 2023 Partners

Supporting Sponsor
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Live host & featured guests

  • Kristy Drutman, Host

    Founder & Creator, Brown Girl Green & Green Jobs Board

    We welcome back Kristy for the second year of hosting The Reusies! Kristy is an environmental justice advocate and Founder & Creator of Brown Girl Green, a media platform and podcast committed to promoting diversity & inclusion in the environmental movement as well as creative solutions to the climate crisis.

    She also circulates information about jobs in the environmental space on her Green Jobs Board, promotes intersectional environmentalism and breaks down climate issues in a fun and engaging way.

  • Bryan Lewis

    Program Manager, GreenBiz.org

    Bryan sits down with Kristy in a Brown Girl Green mini exclusive to discuss how we can cultivate and support the next generation of BIPOC leaders in the climate community—and to feature GreenBiz’s cohort of emerging leaders.

  • Erin Simon

    Vice President, Plastic Waste and Business, World Wildlife Fund

    Erin, a noted thought leader in envisioning a world without plastic waste, delivers a “flash of inspiration” talk on collaboration we need to make the reuse economy a reality.

The Presenters.

The Judges.

Indisposable Live® (live!)

Working Together to Build the New Reuse Economy

Building on The Reusies’ central theme of collaboration, we’ll have an open and engaging discussion on the successes, challenges, opportunities and cooperation needed among different sectors (e.g. corporations, investors, NGO/non-profits, communities and government) to make our vision of the New Reuse Economy a reality.

The panel will be moderated by Dr. Priscilla Johnson, Chief Strategy Officer, Upstream.

The Panelists

Get Involved.

  • Community Coalitions

    Upstream supports community coalitions to work on reuse policies and infrastucture. Join—or start—a coalition in your area today!

    Learn more

  • Reuse Solutions Network

    The RSN is a movement of activists, NGOs, business innovators, and government officials creating a world where reuse & refill are standard practice, with an emphasis of transitioning away from our current “one-way throw-away” economic model.

    Join

  • Become a Solutioneer

    Join Upstream’s community of reuse revolutionaries. Sign up for our weekly newsletter, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn – and subscribe to The Indisposable Podcast.

    Follow

  • Reuse Refill Action Forum

    Join a year-long dialogue among leaders from food service, beverage, CPG and retail brands to forge connections among leaders of major NGOs, companies, and governments. Learn about the disparate reuse efforts occurring nationwide, and participate in efforts to align them to create momentum around reuse & refill systems in this pre-competitive space.

    Join

  • Chart Reuse™

    Chart Reuse is a first-in-industry foodware reuse analytics platform. Schedule a demo to see how your business can chart a profitable course to a greener future.

    Learn more

  • Become a business sponsor

    We’re looking for passionate, mission-driven organizations across the country like you to partner with us. Upstream is visionary, creative, driven, curious and solutions-focused. We see the value in leveraging and harnessing the best of businesses and corporations, government, nonprofits and communities to build a better future.

    Learn more
 

The Reusies is produced and underwritten by Upstream, a 501(c) non-profit organization, with support from Closed Loop Partners. Your donations ensure The Reusies, “the Oscars of the reuse movement”, can continue as an annual event, accelerating the transition to a new reuse economy.

Upstream sparks solutions to plastic pollution. But for us, the problem isn't just single-use plastic - it’s “single-use” itself. It's the throw-away economy at the root of plastic pollution and a host of other problems. So we’re building a movement to make throw-away go away by helping policymakers, businesses, community leaders, and individuals ideate and accelerate the transition from single-use to reuse.

 
 
 
 

Credits

 

Many thanks to The Reusies creative and production team: