The Indisposable Podcast®

By Upstream

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Episodes: 156

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Celebrating solutions to plastic pollution - because throw-away is so yesterday.

Episode Date
Pioneering reuse in Banff
Apr 18, 2024
Tips for reuse advocates
Mar 07, 2024
Back to basics: defining “reuse”
Feb 22, 2024
The Latest Science on Plastic Alternatives
Feb 01, 2024
Urban planning for reuse
Dec 14, 2023
Envisioning a Just Transition toward Reuse, #2
Dec 07, 2023
Envisioning a Just Transition toward Reuse
Nov 30, 2023
“Living & learning” with Plastic Free Restaurants
Nov 16, 2023
A city-wide case study for reuse
Nov 09, 2023
Championing reuse in healthcare
Nov 02, 2023
20 Years of Upstream
Oct 26, 2023
“3 Rs” of Fashion: Repair, Renew, Resell
Oct 19, 2023
The real solution to plastic pollution
Oct 12, 2023
Re:Dish built it, here they come
Oct 05, 2023
How US bottle bills are accelerating reuse
Oct 03, 2023
A higher education in reuse
Sep 28, 2023
The ABCs of Reuse in K-12 Schools
Sep 21, 2023
Student Solutioneers
Sep 07, 2023
Upstream CEOs pass the baton
Aug 31, 2023
Zero waste that keeps on giving
Aug 24, 2023
Scaling reuse in food service
Aug 10, 2023
Working Together to Build the New Reuse Economy
Jun 29, 2023
Centering community for a plastic-free future
Jun 22, 2023
Global Reuse on World Refill Day
Jun 14, 2023
What sticks is what works
Jun 08, 2023
"Repairing the past, for future's delight"
Jun 01, 2023
Indisposable Fabrics
May 25, 2023
The path to no plastic in nature
May 18, 2023
Community Powered Entrepreneurship
May 11, 2023
Reuse, reimagine, redistribute
May 04, 2023
“CLYNK” your glass for Matt’s next steps
May 02, 2023
Helping consumers embrace reuse
Apr 27, 2023
Coming full circle with GreenBiz
Apr 20, 2023
On the road to reuse with bottle bills
Apr 13, 2023
The business case for catalyzing reuse
Apr 06, 2023
Reuse in EPR
Apr 06, 2023
Packaging a sustainable future
Mar 30, 2023
The successes & setbacks of a reuse entrepreneur
Mar 23, 2023
We don’t have 5 planets: the power of community to activate lasting change
Mar 16, 2023
Women Making Reuse Work
Mar 09, 2023
From policy to practice: Four years of the Berkeley Reuse Ordinance
Mar 02, 2023
Amazon’s 709 million pound gorilla
Feb 16, 2023
Introducing Chart-Reuse
Feb 09, 2023
The Story of Plastic in Indonesia
Feb 02, 2023
Flipping the script on single-use
Jan 26, 2023
A toast to the reusable cup
Jan 19, 2023
Collaboration as the key to reuse innovation
Jan 05, 2023
Making the Rounds with Reusable Grocery Delivery
Dec 22, 2022
Scaling reuse with smart packaging
Dec 15, 2022
Closing the Digital Divide with Reuse
Dec 08, 2022
Envisioning the New Reuse Economy
Dec 01, 2022
Reuse on the World Stage
Nov 22, 2022
Batting 1,000 on zero-waste
Sep 22, 2022
Real solutions in a virtual world
Sep 15, 2022
Indisposable Venture Capital
Sep 08, 2022
The Indisposable Podcast Turns 100!
Sep 01, 2022
Unlearning the past to build a circular future
Aug 25, 2022
Downstream, upstream, in-between: innovating reuse globally
Aug 18, 2022
The Plastics Pacts: Collaboration to scale a circular economy
Aug 11, 2022
Hug a plate: plastic-free solutions for kid friendly dining
Aug 04, 2022
Putting the “re” in “use” with William McDonough
Jul 28, 2022
Making Restaurants More Reusable
Jul 21, 2022
Coalition Building in Seattle
Jul 14, 2022
Bringing back the refillable bottle
Jun 30, 2022
What does restorative environmental justice look like?
Jun 16, 2022
Plastic, Oceans, & a New Way Forward
Jun 08, 2022
AAPI Leadership and Advancing Reuse
May 26, 2022
Setting the standard for reuse
May 12, 2022
Organizing for a Reusable Future
May 05, 2022
The Secret to EPR for a Circular Economy
Apr 28, 2022
Reuse as a Climate Action Strategy
Apr 21, 2022
Setting the stage for the new reuse economy
Apr 14, 2022
Reuse Wins at Events
Apr 07, 2022
Redesigning How We Get Groceries
Mar 31, 2022
Reuse for the Win! Reducing Waste in Sports
Mar 17, 2022
Pioneering Reuse Down Under: a conversation with KeepCup
Mar 04, 2022
Indisposable Organizing: Black Leadership on the Front Lines
Feb 24, 2022
Tipping the Scale Toward Waste Reduction with Extended Producer Responsibility
Feb 10, 2022
Environmental Justice: Past, Present and Future
Feb 03, 2022
The Beer Store Vision: Reuse and Refill for the Beverage Industry
Jan 27, 2022
How Upstream and the Reuse Movement Began
Jan 20, 2022
New Year, New Solutioneers, New Reuse-olutions
Jan 13, 2022
Craft Beer takes the Reuse Route
Jan 06, 2022
Reuse (and Wine) On-Tap
Dec 22, 2021
Scaling Supply Chains with Reuse
Dec 15, 2021
The Power of Community and Coalitions
Dec 09, 2021
Stopping Single-Use in the Shower
Nov 24, 2021
Reusables Win in San Francisco
Nov 18, 2021
Reimagining Food Service Systems in Durham and Beyond
Oct 28, 2021
The Reusies™ Panel Discussion: Why Reuse Wins
Oct 07, 2021
Science on an Environmental Mission
Sep 16, 2021
Marking Art to Make a Difference
Sep 09, 2021
Redesigning for Reuse
Aug 19, 2021
Be a Reuser, Not a Consumer
Aug 12, 2021
A Bird’s-Eye View of the Circular Economy
Aug 05, 2021
Sustainable Packaging: A Report From the Trenches
Jul 29, 2021
Envisioning and Investing in the Waste-Free World
Jul 22, 2021
Setting the Table for Reuse in Palo Alto
Jul 15, 2021
Clean Break: Saying Goodbye to Single-Use Plastic
Jul 08, 2021
Citizen Science for a World Without Waste
Jul 01, 2021
The Heart Behind the Upstream Rebrand
Jun 26, 2021
Bringing Reuse in Restaurants to Life with Just Salad
Jun 24, 2021
Reuse Wins: A Case for Reuse in Food Service
Jun 17, 2021
Embodied Activism: The What, Why, and How
Jun 10, 2021
Overcoming corporate challenges to protect the ocean
Jun 03, 2021
Consumption (and Contraception) in the Age of Extinction
May 27, 2021
Reuse To-Go: Innovations in Takeout & Delivery
May 20, 2021
Redefining the Win: Building Power from the Grassroots Up
May 13, 2021
Reduce, Reuse, Reship: Limeloop transforms home delivery
May 06, 2021
Big brands turn to refill with Algramo
Apr 29, 2021
Changing the narrative: environmental justice and plastic production
Apr 22, 2021
A big bet on upstream innovation
Apr 15, 2021
An indisposable future for your baby
Apr 01, 2021
The Reuse Revolution is (A)live: A conversation with rCup’s Michael Martin and Keiko Niccolini
Mar 25, 2021
Uplifting reuse heroes: the story of UPSTREAM
Mar 18, 2021
2021 Plastics Policy Roundup
Mar 10, 2021
Disrupting Disposable Food Service
Feb 18, 2021
The United States of Plastic
Jan 21, 2021
An Indisposable Holiday Season
Dec 11, 2020
From worm poop to Loop: Tom Szaky's journey into the reuse movement
Nov 23, 2020
The Plastic Shift - Learning from Young Solutioneers
Oct 29, 2020
Holding Big Business Accountable
Oct 16, 2020
Racial Justice & Environmentalism: Together & Inseparable
Oct 08, 2020
Students Can Be Teachers, Too (especially in climate action)
Sep 17, 2020
Sustaining Small Business during COVID
Sep 10, 2020
Myth-busting with Public Health Experts: The Safety of Single-use
Aug 20, 2020
Plastic-Free Solutioneers
Aug 10, 2020
Adventures in Activism: the Story of 5 Gyres
Jul 23, 2020
From White Environmentalism to Anti-Racism
Jul 09, 2020
The Safety and Future of Reuse
Jul 02, 2020
Step Inside with Letise LaFeir
Jun 19, 2020
Once Upon a Beautiful Disruption
May 29, 2020
Sustaining Positivity in a Pandemic
Apr 21, 2020
Reuse, Resilience, and COVID-19
Mar 23, 2020
Running for Change with Sam Bencheghib
Mar 12, 2020
Cups: the Gateway Drug to Throw-Away Culture?
Feb 13, 2020
Diving into an Indisposable Economy
Jan 16, 2020
Unbottling Water: The New Refill Economy
Nov 08, 2019
Ad Campaigns for Social Change
Oct 29, 2019
Non-Partisan Plastic
Oct 02, 2019
Force of Nature
Sep 10, 2019
Take Away Without Throw-Away: Reuse Made Easy with CupClub
Aug 23, 2019
Indisposable Concessions
Aug 07, 2019
Vending Machine Makeover
Jul 23, 2019
The Story of Plastic
Jul 03, 2019
The Modern Day Milkman
Jun 20, 2019
Slow Music with Rising Appalachia
May 18, 2019
Beauty without Waste
May 09, 2019
The Creative Power of Limits
Apr 25, 2019
Bringing Back the Lunch Box
Apr 07, 2019
Materials Detox
Mar 25, 2019
Culture Hacking the End of Plastic
Feb 27, 2019
Plastic-Free Mermaids
Feb 26, 2019
Community First
Feb 21, 2019
A giant leap towards Throw-Away-Free Living
Feb 21, 2019
Introducing The Indisposable Podcast
Feb 20, 2019