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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...
Pure Project & Smog City Brewing Release Two 1% For the Planet Beers
Sales to Support the National Forest Foundation PR/SAN DIEGO, CA, September, 2023 -- San Diego’s Pure Project Brewing and Torrance-based Smog City Brewing have teamed up to release two beers that will benefit the National Forest Foundation (NFF): Beneath the Canopy...
Portico Brewing and the Charles River Watershed Association Highlight River Restoration with Release of Special Beer
PR/Boston, MA (September, 2023) – Portico Brewing and the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) have teamed up to promote efforts toward a healthier and more resilient Charles River through the release of Dam Free Ale, a collaboration beer intended to...
This year’s Earth Overshoot Day lands on August 2: The trend is flattening but still far from reversing
Newest edition of National Footprint and Biocapacity Accounts reports trends of the world and over 180 countries up to 2022. PR/Geneva, Switzerland — Summer, 2023 — August 2nd marks this year’s Earth Overshoot Day, according to the latest National Footprint and...
Portico Brewing Announces its “Environmental Handprint” Plan
Ambitious agenda outlines the brewery’s intention to be a force for good PR / Somerville-Cambridge (MA), July 2023 – Portico Brewing has announced its environmentally focused business plans to the public, launching the effort with a new page on its website and a...
Hopworks & Patagonia Introduce Lager Brewed With Regenerative Organic Certified® Kernza®
Patagonia is teaming up with Hopworks Brewery to brew a delicious beer that helps restore soil PR/Portland, OR — June 27, 2023 — Hopworks Brewery is introducing a Kernza® Lager in partnership with Patagonia Provisions, the food and beverage business of outdoor apparel...
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 nominations. The...
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 breweries...
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 help craft...
Brooklyn Brewery and Yolélé Collaborate to Create Sustainability-Focused Craft Brew
‘Brooklyn Brewery x Yolélé Fonio White Beer’ to Start Rolling Out at Select Whole Foods Market Stores Throughout the Northeast in October and Available in Brooklyn Brewery’s Tasting Room PR / BROOKLYN, NY (October, 2022) -- Today, global craft beer innovator Brooklyn...
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 Louis Westfall...