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Hopworks Releases Fresh Hop Abominable Ale For Final Year
PORTLAND, Ore. — August 25, 2021 —Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB), the first B Corp brewery in the Pacific Northwest, has released Fresh Hop Abominable Ale for its final year. Brewed with fresh, Salmon-Safe Centennial hops from Goschie Farms in Silverton,...
Craft Brewers Ditching Plastic Can Carriers For Eco-Conscious Options
PLANET EARTH - Craft beverage producers are increasingly ditching plastic can carriers in favor of more environmentally conscious options. Among the most cited reasons are that single-use plastic packaging has proven surprisingly difficult to recycle, and the...
14 Eco-Friendly Ways to Keep Your House Cool This Summer
July 19, 2021 by Emily Huddleston Summer is officially here and many of us are struggling to stay cool in our homes. Blasting the AC can hike up your utility bills, and it’s not an environmentally conscious solution either. So are there any other ways to...
Massachusetts Breweries Mark First Milestone With Can Carrier Reuse & Recycle Initiative
PR / Metro Boston (July, 2021) — An initiative aimed at decreasing the millions of plastic can carriers that end up going to landfill or incineration each year in Massachusetts reached its first milestone last week with the successful completion of a Metro Boston...
Certified B Corp Mainstem Malt Debuts New Flagship Malts
PR / WALLA WALLA, WA (June, 2021) — Now available for purchase are Mainstem Malt’s four new flagship malt varieties: Cascadia Pilsner, Cascadia White Wheat, Evergreen Pale, and Evergreen Alder Smoke. Each of these regional blends of top grain varieties is Salmon-Safe...
Passage of Connecticut Bottle Bill Expansion Legislation Demonstrates Progress for Container Deposit Programs
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...
Corona Launches “Protect Our Beaches” Initiative With Oceanic Global
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...
Boston Start Up “Against The Grain” Launches Innovative Spent Grains Solution for Breweries and Farmers
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 (the...
Just One Tenth of Plastic Can Carriers Get Re-Used Or Recycled in Massachusetts: A Team of Eco-Minded Breweries and Environmental Groups Plan to Change That
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...
Plastic Can Carriers Re-Use and Recycling Best Practices
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...