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How to Reduce Packaging Waste

The Environmental Blog

Support Brands with Sustainable Packaging Many companies are now using eco-friendly packaging materials like biodegradable plastics or recycled paper. Compost Organic Waste If you have food scraps or other organic waste, consider composting them instead of throwing them away.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q2 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-six startups joined our community in Q2 2021, working on innovations as diverse as kinetic wave energy, soil carbon measurement, efficient wind turbine installation, and electric, uncrewed surface vehicles. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Agtech + water.

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Green Box: a hotel amenity kit made of compostable plastic

AGreenLiving

These products are designed to be used only a few times as a quick fix, yet are often made out of long-lasting, hard plastics that end up in landfills or oceans, where they don’t biodegrade. After 10 weeks, the material transforms into a combination of soil fertilizer and biogas, which qualifies as a renewable energy source.

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Sustainable holiday gifts for babies and kids

AGreenLiving

CLAMFEET shoes are also completely vegan with organic lining. Eco-friendly clothing, bedding and bath items Little Lentil Clothing is “dedicated to leaving the smallest environmental footprint possible” by offering organic, natural and sustainable clothes for children. Plus, they are handmade in the United States.

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Finding a Sustainability Career in Business

Green Business Bureau

Finding the best options and opportunities for you will depend on your education, skills, expertise, experience, interests and passion. There are both private and public service careers that help organizations and businesses create more environmentally friendly products or operate more sustainably.

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25 Green Business Ideas for the Aspiring Ecopreneur

Green Business Bureau

It began with a single urban garden and has grown into multiple garden sites, youth mentorship and education programs, on the job skills training for formerly imprisoned persons and at-risk youth with a landscaping team dedicated to building and maintaining sustainable, edible landscapes in areas with little or no access to fresh food.

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Watson Gloves: Durable, Safe and Sustainable Hand Protection For All Purposes

Green Business Bureau

The large volume of gloves used in the industrial market means that often gloves are thrown into the garbage after they are soiled or worn out. Now, in 2021, they were the first to introduce biodegradable nylon seamless knit gloves to the market. biodegradation in 233 days). in 390 days.