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UMass Boston Launches Green Brewery Recognition Program With Funding From EPA Grant
PR / Boston (October, 2022) — The University of Massachusetts at Boston and its Center for Sustainable Enterprise and Regional Competitiveness (SERC) received a two-year, $350,000 Pollution Prevention Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to...
Growler Power’s Innovation Revolutionizes the Refillable Growler So Craft Drinkers Can “Pour Proudly”
Don't call it a comeback, It's been here for years PR / Hartford, CT (September, 2022) -- Like the once-popular song lyric by LL Cool J, it's been a while since the refillable growler was front-of-mind for most craft beverage consumers. Rob Zielonka and...
Vermont’s “Reusiverse” Rescues 10,000 Can Carriers Every Month, On Pace for 100,000 by Year’s End
PR / Vermont (September, 2022) -- Ten months after its initial pilot program in Burlington, the state of Vermont's can carrier reuse program has officially hit its stride. "I think it's more of a strut," kids Ben Kogan, one of the initiative's founders. "We...
6 Innovations That Make Beverage Can Packaging More Sustainable
Despite an onslaught of disingenuous marketing by most packaging manufacturers, a technique environmentalists refer to as greenwashing, consumers these days are increasingly more aware that "eco-friendly" claims or "100% recyclable" promises are mostly spin....
Most Plastic Packaging Never Gets Recycled, But There Are Sustainable Alternatives for Craft Brewers
"The U.S. produces 234 pounds of plastic waste per person per year, and hardly any of it gets recycled" A look beyond the marketing claims of most plastic manufacturers begs a deeper question: ask not whether plastic products are recyclable, ask whether...
Chicago-Area Breweries Join Pioneering Plastic Reuse and Recycling Program
Chicagoland Reuse and Recycling Co-op will rescue millions of plastic can carriers from the waste stream PR / CHICAGO (May, 2022) - Dozens of Chicago-area craft breweries have joined together in an effort to eliminate plastic waste created by the millions of...
8 Ways Craft Beer Drinkers Can Be More Eco-Conscious
As concerns over climate change, plastic pollution, and biodiversity loss continue to grow, it's becoming abundantly clear that change lies ahead for the world as we know it - either by design or by disaster. And despite our planet's brief respite during the...
3 Steps To Becoming A More Environmentally Conscious Beer Drinker
You’ve probably heard the “drink local” slogan a thousand times. But have you ever thought about the impact it could have on the environment if more of us actually committed to it? The truth is that beer has a sizable carbon footprint, and not just...
Why That “Compostable” Plastic Cup Isn’t Good for the Environment Either
Much has been written about the problems associated with packaging beer in those flimsy plastic film six-pack rings or rigid snap-on can carriers, neither of which are curbside recyclable. As for the other plastic culprit in craft beer - festival and beer...
How to Make Sure Your “Infinitely Recyclable” Aluminum Beer Cans Actually Get Recycled
More and more these days the craft beer industry touts the environmental advantages of packaging its beverages in aluminum cans. And for good reason: aluminum, or aluminium as much of the world prefers, is lighter than glass and therefore requires less...
These Certified B Corp Breweries Value People and Planet as Much as Profits
UPDATED in March, 2022 If you’re lucky enough to live in a city or town that has its own craft brewery you probably realize how much a taproom or brewpub contributes to the local economy and community. So with March being National B Corp Month, it’s the...
To Shine a Light on the Advantages of Reusable Containers, the Steel Keg Association Launches Inaugural Keg Champion Awards
The Keg Champion Award will be presented to seven hospitality industry leaders during Earth Week this April PR/Denver, CO - March, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new awards program honoring sustainability-minded hospitality businesses is now accepting...
GreenLabs Launches Mail-in Program for Can Carrier Recycling in the Northeast
PR / BOSTON, MA (December 2022) – GreenLabs Recycling, a rapidly expanding plastic recycling company serving the brewing and biotech industries in the Greater Boston area has announced their launch of a mail-in program for recycling plastic can carriers from...
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