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How to Reduce Packaging Waste

The Environmental Blog

Saving Resources Making packaging takes up a lot of resources like paper, plastic, and metal. Use Reusable Bags : Instead of using plastic bags, use bags you can use again and again. Sometimes you’ll find items with unnecessary layers of plastic or cardboard. That makes a lot of CO2. They’re awesome!

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Busting waste and recycling myths

Envirotec Magazine

Whether you’re a happy-go-lucky ‘wish-cycler’ – tossing waste in the hope it can be recycled – or one who routinely agonizes over different diameters of plastic wrapping, there’s no harm in picking up a clearer understanding of the whole process. It turns out there are two types of receipts floating around out there.

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Green Box: a hotel amenity kit made of compostable plastic

AGreenLiving

Designed to help tackle plastic waste in the hospitality industry, the Green Box is a circular hotel amenities kit full of bathroom items made from compostable plastic. Guests are educated about sustainable practices and the compostable material itself while familiarizing themselves with the circular economy and greener waste streams.

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Roots and Hoots delivers vegan, plastic-free items via electric van

AGreenLiving

The plastic problem is well documented around the globe, from the petroleum needed to produce it to the fact that every piece of plastic ever manufactured is still on the planet in some form — and will be for generations. On a mission to eliminate plastic from kitchen and bathroom products, the recently launched U.K.-based

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Start the school year in eco-friendly style

Greenability Magazine

EarthHero sells organic cotton, reusable kids face masks that are shipped plastic free in recycled packaging. Groceries Apparel sells organic cotton, child-size face masks and donates masks to essential workers with each purchase. Choose cardboard or canvas binders that can be recycled, instead of standard plastic binders.

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Sustainable Event Planning: Getting Started Guide for Small Businesses

Green Business Bureau

Organizations that hold or manage large events such as conferences, business meetings, concerts, fairs, weddings, or any large get-together need to consider the impact these events have on the planet. If you’re an event planner, you should organize your events so that they impact the community, the environment, and the economy positively.

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Eco-friendly subscription boxes to gift this holiday season

AGreenLiving

For people striving for zero-waste and plastic-free living The greenUP subscription is curated to minimize dependence on disposable plastic. Even the company’s website emphasizes a plastic-free lifestyle, “so there’s less plastic waste ending up on our beaches and in our oceans.”