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Eco Booze: Singapore brewers going green by using leftover bread and treated water
NEWS LINK / SINGAPORE (May, 2020) - Companies in Singapore are brewing beer with surplus bread and recycled water in a bid to reduce food waste and increase sustainability.Crust Brewing is one such company creating beer using fresh surplus white bread from collected...
Ball Aluminum Cup™ Recognized In Fast Company’s 2020 World Changing Ideas Awards
PR / USA (April, 2020) - "We are honored that Fast Company recognized the Ball Aluminum Cup™ as a world changing idea," said Daniel W. Fisher, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Global Beverage Packaging. "We designed the cup to provide consumers...
Ashville Brewing Switches to Eco-Friendly Six-Pack Rings For All Canned Beers
PR / ASHVILLE, NC (April, 2020) - For the turtles AND the humans, Asheville Brewing is rolling out eco-friendly six-pack rings for all our canned beers. These fully biodegradable and compostable rings are produced by startup company E6PR and made from plant fibers....
Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker Discusses How to Be Environmentally Conscious About Beer on Brew Roots Podcast
At the end of February I had the pleasure of being a guest on the Brew Roots podcast for an episode dedicated to eco-friendly beer. Among the topics we tackled were the importance of buying and drinking local, choosing refillable growlers for takeaway beer, what...
Northeast Grainshed beer a collaboration of New England breweries that share a passion to use local ingredients.
Grainshed Collaboration captures concept of communications and coordination between links of supply chain. PR / NORTHEAST USA (April, 2020) -- The Northeast Grainshed beer is a collaboration between like-minded breweries from New England that share a passion to use...
New Belgium Brewing and Fat Tire Announce Support of The Outdoor State Campaign on Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary
PR / FORT COLLINS, CO (April, 2020) – New Belgium Brewing announced today that their flagship brand, Fat Tire, will partner with climate action non-profit Protect Our Winters (POW) to support The Outdoor State, a campaign catalyzing the outdoor community to vote...
A Kinder, Gentler Beer: Climate-Conscious Local Brewers Are Doing Their Part to Reduce Their Environmental Footprint
STORY LINK / MICHIGAN (April, 2020) -- Climate change is just one of the many issues being focused on today (Wednesday) as groups across the country virtually celebrate Earth Day. Some of the lesser-known potential impacts of climate change, however, are changes that...
Water is the Most Crucial, Most Overlooked Beer Ingredient
STORY LINK / USA (April, 2020) -- Without water, there is no beer. Depending on its style, beer is upwards of 95% water. And water is vitally important to keep brewing equipment sanitary. Yet, a beer’s water is often overshadowed by other ingredients. Beer drinkers...
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10 Minutes With Architect Hiroshi Nakamura On Designing A Sustainable, Zero-Waste Wooden Building [That is Made From Recovered Materials and Houses A Brewery & Pub]
STORY LINK / KAMIKATSU, JAPAN (April, 2020) -- Kamikatsu in Tokushima prefecture is committed to zero waste, aiming to become a sustainable recycling society. The town has already attained an 80 % recycling rate by sorting its waste into 34 categories. Used items...
CO2 Shortage, Rising Prices Could Mean Less Beer Bubbles for Craft Breweries
PR / WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (April, 2020) -- Brewers and soft-drink makers use carbon dioxide, or CO2, for carbonation, which gives beer and soda fizz. Ethanol producers are a key provider of CO2 to the food industry, as they capture that gas as a byproduct of ethanol...