by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jun 9, 2021 | Eco-friendly consumer, Packaging materials, Recycling
PR / Connecticut (June, 2021) – The Connecticut General Assembly’s passage of a bill to upgrade the state’s beverage container deposit law (aka bottle bill) – the most significant bottle bill expansion legislation passed in the U.S. in about a decade – marks a major...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jun 6, 2021 | Eco beer news, Eco charity give back, Eco-friendly consumer
PR / CHICAGO (June, 2021) -– Timed with World Oceans Month, Corona beer — a brand that has long been synonymous with the beach — is committing to removing 1 million pounds of plastic from beaches and its business by the brand’s 100th birthday in 2025 through its...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | May 24, 2021 | Spent grains, Upcycling
Circular Business Model Good For Environment, Saves Brewers and Farmers Time and Money PR / Boston, MA (May 24, 2021) — Boston-based startup company Against The Grain will officially launch its circular economy-inspired business model for upcycling spent grains...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 27, 2021 | Featured blogs, Packaging materials, Recycling
PR / Massachusetts (April, 2021) — It’s estimated* that at least 10 million new plastic can carriers are used annually by breweries in Massachusetts, with just 10% of them being collected and re-used, and less than 2% of them ever getting recycled. As a result, the...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco beer news, Featured blogs, Recycling
Any brewery packaging beer in rigid plastic can carriers or plastic film rings should have a formal take-back program acknowledging that they are NOT curbside recyclable and encouraging consumers to return them to a brewery (including its own) for re-use or proper...