The Step by Step Guide - Section 4: Looking Ahead - Plastic Reboot

This is Section 4 of the Refill & Reuse Systems Handbook: Step by Step Guide. Learn more about the full guide here.

The Step by Step Guide provides practical guidance for the inclusive and context-driven design of reuse and refill systems. It translates real world experience and knowledge into actionable processes that can be applied by project teams, local governments, and implementing partners. While this guide has been created for Plastic Reboot’s 15 national projects, it is offered as a resource to anyone working at the intersection of design, implementation, innovation and policy in refill and reuse.

This guide aims to be both globally and locally relevant, with guidance, considerations, and examples from different geographic, cultural and economic contexts. This guide will help the user generate outputs and capture learnings using tools, templates, worksheets, and other practical resources. These help document progress and facilitate sharing and consolidating ideas across the project team, building capacity in reuse and refill solutions through the process.

About this section:

Section 4 provides guidance on how to transition the program from start-up mode to being established as a long-term resource for the community. Topics include how to learn and adapt based on early feedback and results, how to evaluate opportunities for growth and expansion, and how to shift from initial governance or funding structures to ones that support the long-term sustainability of the program. This section closes with opportunities to share your work and learnings with the broader reuse community, to further accelerate the success of refill interventions and reuse systems.