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Startup creates compostable, single-serve coffee bags for your busy mornings

AGreenLiving

And once you’ve finished your mug of coffee, you can simply compost the bag and recycle the packaging, which is already made from recycled materials as well. What’s more, these bags are sustainable, plant-based and dressed in recyclable, compostable packaging.

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BIPOC Entrepreneurs Present their Climatetech Solutions at ACCEL Showcase

Greentown Labs

Sneakers made from food waste. DRINKICKS DrinKicks is developing sneakers made from food waste and recycled materials in an effort to engage the sneaker-enthusiast community in circularity. Ultracapacitors built with hemp sourced from Black and Indigenous farmers. Ultra-light solar panels you can place anywhere.

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Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space Announce Inaugural Cohort for ACCEL, an Accelerator for BIPOC-led Climatetech Startups

Greentown Labs

DrinKicks (Houston, Texas) is a sneaker-themed consumer-products company that is focused on repurposing food waste and recycled materials into sustainable goods such as shoes, sports equipment, and clothing, all while educating consumers on the power of the circular economy. Its founder is Jhana Porter.

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The U.S. Plastics Pact launches new initiative to redesign the plastics value chain at Circularity 20

GreenBiz

recycling market has been in free fall since 2018, when China, Malaysia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries announced that they would no longer import many types of recyclable material scraps. percent of all the plastic produced in 2017 eventually got recycled, according to the U.S. Of course, the U.S.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

GreenBiz

Fast fashion and high-performance fabrics have compounded waste by accelerating the output of apparel that's virtually impossible to recycle. The problem is shared across industries, including in electronics, which make up the world's fastest-growing waste stream. It feels like we’ve moved to this throwaway society.

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Will recycled plastics survive tanking oil prices?

Business Green

Single-use plastics are helping keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic, but creating new challenges for governments in dealing with the waste problem. Some of the world's largest corporations promised to quickly slash their use of virgin plastic packaging. It seems an impossible situation.

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How Dell and Levi's envision the future of repair

Business Green

Fast fashion and high-performance fabrics have compounded waste by accelerating the output of apparel that's virtually impossible to recycle. The problem is shared across industries, including in electronics, which make up the world's fastest-growing waste stream. The rest get separated and sent around the planet for handling.