by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 21, 2021 | Eco beer news, Featured blogs, Recycling
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...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 19, 2021 | Featured blogs, Packaging materials, Recycling
Despite the manufacturer’s marketing claims, rigid plastic can carriers and plastic film six-pack rings are NOT curbside recyclable in Massachusetts and most other states. This has been verified by the RecycleSmart website, an initiative of the Massachusetts...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 13, 2021 | Eco beer news, Eco charity give back, Eco-friendly consumer, Featured blogs, Recycling
PRESS RELEASE / Massachusetts (April, 2021) — As the 51st celebration of Earth Day approaches (Thursday, April 22), and interest in planet-friendly business practices increases among consumers, a group of environmentally conscious Massachusetts breweries is...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 3, 2021 | Recycling
PR / Westminster, CO and New York (March, 2021) — Today, international environment consultancy Eunomia, with support from Ball Corporation(NYSE: BLL), released a new research report entitled “The 50 States of...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Apr 1, 2021 | Eco-friendly consumer, Featured blogs, Recycling
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...
by Eco-Friendly Beer Drinker | Feb 16, 2021 | Eco beer news, Eco-friendly consumer, Recycling
PR / Somerville, MA (February, 2021) — Portico Brewing has been awarded a $5,000 Reduce, Reuse, Repair Grant from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (Mass DEP) to implement several environmentally-conscious strategies at its pending...
