News & Events
November 2025 - PR3 takes to the TEDx stage to share how reuse actually helps manage many of the uncertainties of global commerce. Reuse avoids tariffs, localizes and secures unpredictable supply chains, and future-proofs capital investments designed for the single-use economy.
September 2025 - PR3’s washing standard, designated as an American National Standard, is the first specifically created for reusable packaging operations to help ensure their safety, consistency, interoperability, and effectiveness. It offers food service inspectors a comprehensive checklist of what to look for when inspecting washing facilities for reusable packaging.
September 2025 - Standards will play an essential role in implementing the PPWR’s goals, such as establishing requirements for reusable packaging. PR3 Co-founder and Technical Director, Claudette Juska shared best practices and standards development updates during a discussion on increasing reuse.
July 2025 - Amy Larkin, PR3 Director, publishes piece in the Economist titled "Designing the un-throwaway world"
July 2025 - This binational standard, recognized by both the American National Standards Institute and the Standards Council of Canada, provides clear requirements for reusable container washing facilities to help ensure safe and consistent practices across reuse systems.
July 2025 - The Global Plastics Treaty offers an important opportunity to prioritize reuse as a climate and waste solution. We envision a future where, once again, reuse is the norm and the treaty could offer a mechanism to help make this a reality.
June 2025 - PR3 Director and Co-Founder Amy Larkin spoke at SxSW on the ultimate design challenge: creating a system and symbol fore reuse that inspires and accelerates the shift away from single-use packaging — reinventing our economy for the 21st century.
May 2025 - Reuters publishes piece by PR3 on the business need for reuse.
May 2025 - PR3 joined a panel on to discuss how digitally connected, innovative packaging solutions can enable effective reusable systems at scale.
March 2025 - PR3’s Global Standards Panel launched Rebrand Reuse, a global design initiative, to create a standard reuse symbol: the icon of the future.
November 2024 - PR3 Director joined panel on Reuse Consortiums at the Sustainable Packaging Summit.
November 2024 - PR3’s work to advance reuse standards is highlighted in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's Global Commitment Progress Report as a key initiative needed to overcome hurdles to scaling reuse.
September 2024 - PR3 Co-Founder and Director Amy Larkin has been named a Grist 50 Fixer.
September 2024 - The PR3 Reusable Packaging Systems Standards are a key recommendation in the ANZPAC report. The report recommends utilizing the PR3 standards to ensure measurement and evaluation efforts are rigorous and industry aligned.
July 2024 - PR3 wins Phase 1 & 2 of the Department of Energy's Re-X Before Recycling prize for our work creating standards for reusable packaging systems and blueprint for the world’s multi-use economy.
July 2024 - PR3 is a proud Leadership Advisory Board Member and contributor to the Green Sports Alliance’s Reuse Playbook
May 2024 - PR3 joined a panel on Finding Harmony with Reusable Packaging Standards to share best practices and provide guidance on maximizing the effectiveness of reusable packaging for a more circular packaging system.
April 2024 - Reuse must be a central part of the Global Plastics Treaty. PR3 provides recommendations for setting reuse targets and requiring standardized product design to reduce plastic demand and increase reusability.
April 2024 - PR3 presented "Standards Touch Everyone: Innovations to Broaden Inclusion in Standards Setting" - a framework for enhancing the equity of standards development.
March 2024 - PR3 joined a panel on Scaling Reuse in Cities and Events at the WWF Plastic Policy Summit.
February 2024 - PR3 hosted at the 6th session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly UNEA-6 in Nairobi