by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Dec 2, 2023 | Packaging materials, Recycling, Reuse
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...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Dec 3, 2022 | Packaging materials, Recycling
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...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Jul 7, 2022 | Eco-friendly consumer, Featured blogs, Packaging materials, Recycling
“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...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | May 31, 2022 | Eco-friendly consumer, Recycling
PR / Vermont (May, 2022) — Thanks to fiscal support from Lawson’s Finest liquids, Suncommon Solar, and new sponsor Mascoma Bank, the Vermont Can Carrier Reuse Program is officially adding 11 new locations to its network of take-back sites. In all, consumers can...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | May 17, 2022 | Eco-friendly consumer, Packaging materials, Recycling
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...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Mar 2, 2022 | Recycling
Country Malt Group, Great Western Malting, and Hopworks Urban Brewery’s Joint Effort Will Divert up to 200,000 Malt Bags Annually from Local Landfills PR / PORTLAND, OR and VANCOUVER, WA — March, 2022 — In a collaborative effort to reduce brewing industry...
