Curbing the Plastic Pollution Pandemic
Getting Started on Our B Corp Journey to Fight Plastic Pollution During the Pandemic From living with a pandemic to the impending climate crisis to longstanding racial injustices to the fragile global economy and the issues of modern-day slavery, 2020 provided
MIWA’s Circular Economy: Reusable Food Packaging
Food packaging waste is one of the most pervasive, yet unavoidable, forms of waste. MIWA has created a reusable food packaging and dispensing products with a data-driven processing system. We have reached to MIWA’s founder and CEO, Petr Baca, to
The Simple Math Behind Our Journey to Zero Waste
How B Corp Fresh Prep is Using Simple Math to Create a More Sustainable Meal Kit This article is part of an editorial collaboration with BCorporation. The BCorp Series can be found here. The original publication can be found here. Planet over profit. It’s the
The Plastic Challenge: Are We Solving the Plastic Problem or Creating Demons for the Future?
When plastic became the “wonder” product for solving so many modern issues in the 1970s, we did not envisage that 50 years later, it would be considered the “biggest environmental disaster” that humans have caused. Talk to anyone on any street,
Injecting Sustainability – The Fundamentals of Start-ups and New Brands
Start-ups have long been the lifeblood of trade, and this has never been truer than it is today. From the small tech start-ups almost 50 years ago that now make up Silicon Valley, to services such as Uber, founded less
Food Packaging: Can ‘Reuse’ Defeat ‘Single Use?’
In the last couple of years, some very interesting solutions applying the circular economy of plastics have appeared. Several brands in UK, USA and elsewhere successfully practise the principles of reduce-reuse-recycle on takeaway drinks and meals. Some of them have
E-Commerce vs. Retail: Environmental Impacts of Modern Shopping
Many conscious shoppers have asked themselves the same question -- what are the impacts of shopping online versus traditional retail on the environment and society. The total holiday sales in the United States for 2016 totals $665.87 billion, with $94.71