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Case Study: How Untold Brewing Reduces Plastic Waste and Saves Money
Introduction/Summary of Situation The production of craft beer is waste intensive, with a typical brewery dumping hundreds of thousands of gallons of high strength wastewater and tens of thousands of pounds of organic waste, primarily spent grain, annually. Many...
Portico Brewing Shares 2024 Environmental Handprint Results
More progress, bike advocacy, our most environmentally conscious beer yet PR / Somerville-Cambridge, MA (January, 2025) – Portico Brewing has published its second annual Environmental Handprint Report, documenting continued progress on decreasing...
Comparing and Evaluating Craft Beverage Can Packaging
Planet Earth -- Single-use plastic packaging increasingly faces scrutiny for its negative environmental and human health impacts and is the focus of various laws and regulations aimed at banning, reducing, or better recycling it. A wave of bills are currently under...
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. They're...
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 those products...
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 can...
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 pandemic,...
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 in the...
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 garden cups...
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 energy use for...
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 perfect time...
Portico Brewing Awarded Bicycle Friendly Business Certification
PR Somerville/Cambridge MA (February, 2025) -- Portico Brewing has earned silver designation as a Bicycle Friendly Business from the League of American Bicyclists, taking its place alongside more than 1,100 businesses across the country contributing to the movement to...
Riverbend Malt House Debuts Certified Regenified Malt
ASHEVILLE, NC (February, 2025) — After becoming the first malt house to become third-party certified for regenerative agriculture in 2024, Riverbend Malt House is delighted to introduce Regenified™ Southern Select. This malted 2-row barley product is crafted from...
Three Beverly Breweries Recognized as Green Beverage Producers
PR / Beverly, MA (September, 2024) – Gentile Brewing, Coastal Mass Brewing, and Old Planters Brewing have been recognized as “green beverage producers” by the recently launched BetterBev Recognition program. The distinction was awarded by the UMass...
Orange Bike Brewing Announces Groundbreaking Event in Support of the National Black Brewers Association
PORTLAND, ME – July, 2024 – Orange Bike Brewing Company (OBB) is proud to host atwo-day public event on July 19-20, 2024, featuring the Maine premiere of the award-winningdocumentary 'One Pint at a Time.' In partnership with The Third Place, Black Travel Maine,...
Element Brewing and Distilling Recognized as Green Beverage Producer
PR / Millers Falls, MA (May, 2024) – Element Brewing and Distilling has been recognized as a“green beverage producer” by the recently launched BetterBev Recognition program. Thedistinction was awarded by the UMass Boston Green Brewery Project as part of a coalition...
Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing Earns Green Beverage Producer Recognition
PR / Framingham, MA (May, 2024) – Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing has been recognized as a “green beverage producer” by the recently launched BetterBev Recognition program. The distinction was awarded by the UMass Boston Green Brewery Project as part of a coalition of New England...
Untold Brewing Earns BetterBev Recognition as Green Beverage Producer
PR / Scituate, MA (May, 2024) – Scituate’s Untold Brewing has been recognized as a “green beverage producer” by the recently launched BetterBev Recognition program. The distinction was awarded by the UMass Boston Green Brewery Project as part of a...
Two Cambridge Breweries Earn BetterBev Recognition as Green Beverage Producers
PR / Cambridge, MA (May 2024) – Two Cambridge breweries, Lamplighter Brewing and Cambridge Brewing Company (CBC) , have been recognized as “green beverage producers” by the recently launched BetterBev...