Awards to be presented at The Reusies 2023

Stay tuned - finalists will be announced in April!

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Community Awards

  • This award is intended for community groups, coalitions, student groups, nonprofits, and NGOs working on supporting the buildout of reuse projects and infrastructure in their community. They could be bringing reuse to their localities in all kinds of ways, from escalating reuse in schools, events, airports, academic campuses, sports stadiums, repair and fix-it clinics, and more – including helping build out the infrastructure required in order for reuse policies to be effectively enacted.

  • This award is intended for community groups, coalitions, student groups, nonprofits, and NGOs working on reuse-focused policy initiatives. They could be working to pass policy in their community or at the state/federal level; drafting model policies; designing and implementing awareness campaigns; or otherwise be playing a key role in ensuring passage of reuse policy. Share your group’s policy victories of the year, and the role the group took in ensuring passage of this policy.

  • This award is intended for the individual changemakers and heroes who are championing reduce, refill and reuse solutions in their communities.

Business Awards

  • This award is intended for businesses that provide a service that keeps reusables circulating in our economy. Think: a dishwashing service that picks up and returns real dishes to a restaurant, or a to-go coffee cup that is collected for return and reuse by the cafe that provides it. The service provider could also offer a product – like bath and body or cleaning products that are sold in containers meant for refill by the same provider.

    The point is, The Reusies® would like to recognize innovative businesses who are taking the reuse burden off of you, the consumer, and making it a seamless part of the circular economy. So while your stainless steel water bottle and leak-proof travel mug are super cool, and the companies making them are doing some great stuff, they're not a fit for this award.

    Awards are offered in three sectors this year: Food & Beverage, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Fashion & Apparel.

  • This award is intended to recognize Fortune 500 companies who demonstrate excellence in piloting and implementing reusable packaging and reuse services in North America – such as a major food and beverage corporation or consumer packaged goods (CPG) company expanding and/or prioritizing its reuse and refill line. Nominated companies should be modeling trendsetting behavior we would like to see take off in large-scale consumer markets.

How it works

 

The public call for nominations is open until Feb 24, 2023. Anyone can nominate their reuse heroes; companies, community groups and individuals can also nominate themselves. The nomination forms collect basic information about the nominee and why they should be nominated - it takes less than 10 minutes to fill out.

After public nominations close, nominees will be vetted to make sure they qualify – and anyone who does will be invited to apply to move on to the finalist round. At that point, the nominees themselves will need to provide more in-depth information including metrics, if available (this process should take about 4 weeks).

Finalists will then be chosen by committees comprised of experts from leading environmental organizations, designers, and investors, alongside The Reusies’ Partners.

Finalists will be notified and announced in a national press release in early April. At which point, public voting opens and judges will be evaluating finalists. All finalists will receive a promotional toolkit to share their nomination and encourage voting across their networks.

Seven award winners will be announced during The Reusies broadcast, scheduled for this Fall.

  • Community Action of the Year (2 awards)

    • Policy

    • Building Reuse

  • Activist of the Year (1 award)

  • Most Innovative Reuse Company (3 awards)

    • Food & Beverage

    • Consumer Packaged Goods

    • Fashion & Apparel

  • Corporate Initiative  (1 award)

Read the FAQs here.

Who can be a Reusies nominee?

 

Calling all individuals: are you or someone you know an inspiring changemaker championing reduce, refill and reuse solutions in their community?

Calling companies: are you a business providing a reuse solution in the U.S. or Canada to help advance a waste-free world? 

Calling corporations: are you part of a Fortune 500 company that demonstrates excellence in piloting and implementing reusable packaging and reuse services?

Calling community groups: are you an organization helping to advance reuse solutions in your community?

If your answer is YES to any one of these questions, then what are you waiting for?