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Recycling and using recycled content alone won’t solve the waste crisis. We must design the idea of waste out of the system.
by Tom Szaky
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These materials are a nuisance, but somebody’s gotta deal with them.
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Less than half of consumer packaging ultimately gets recycled.
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A human-centered approach to innovation can help address marine plastic pollution while empowering women.
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Tackling the diversity and volume of plastic waste today requires not only multiple strategies, but also the participation of all stakeholders to drive toward an optimal system.
by Paula Luu
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A new report shows that the consumer goods industry is failing to address single-use plastics and take financial responsibility to improve recycling.
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Single-use plastic bans are showing up across the nation. But compostable plates and forks may not solve the plastic crisis.
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Sponsored: Manufacturers, brands and governments partner to eliminate plastics and close the loop on sustainable supply chains.
by Ian Lifshitz
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Sponsored: As consumers increasingly reject single-use plastics, food and beverage companies adopt sustainable packaging solutions to enhance their brands and reduce their environmental footprints.
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Eben Bayer, the co-founder and CEO of Ecovative Design, extols the natural processes and properties of grass and cows as a way of thinking about the design of environmentally responsible products.
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Despite the well-trod cliché that a journey to sustainability is a marathon and not a sprint, Nike, with its Considered design ethos, shows all the signs of being in it for the long haul.
by Marc Gunther
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At the State of Green Business Forum in Washington, D.C., Timberland CEO Jeff Swartz talked about how his company strives to embed corporate social responsibility, sustainability and authenticity into their operations and products in a candid, edgy and at times rollickingly funny conversation with GreenBiz Senior Writer Marc Gunther.
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A steady parade of innovators in large and small companies have tried to create more environmentally benign alternatives to plastic; after decades of slow progress, bioplastics are sprouting like weeds.
by Joel Makower
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The first of designer Jim Kor's urban electric vehicles will be completed this spring, one step closer to bringing a solar-powered and easy-to-maintain vehicle to markets worldwide.
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Lorrie Vogel, the head of Nike Considered, talked about the company's closed-loop ethos, why sustainability has to start from within, and how the company turned 13 million plastic bottles into World Cup jerseys.
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The Eco Index, launched last summer by a coalition of companies in the apparel industry, is shaping up to be a useful tool for companies across the spectrum, from wool socks to haute couture.
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How to find, and tackle, the right sustainability problems present in products and services.
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A renaissance in biology, chemistry and nanotechnology is breeding innovations in technologies that can address environmental problems, such as efficiency or recycling.
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The notion of factories without Dumpsters isn't new, but in recent years a number of companies across industries have put "zero waste" squarely in their sights.
by Joel Makower
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In the first of our series on the biggest trends in green business practices in 2010, we look at the ways the world's biggest consumer brands -- P&G, Unilever, Kraft and others -- have stepped off the sidelines and into the green arena.
by Joel Makower
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Nike has released a public version of a design tool it created to help its designers make better-informed decisions in the earliest stage
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Small companies have the nimbleness to achieve radical innovations, but they lack scale. On the other end of the spectrum are large companies that have the scale, but they face the uncertainty of trying to do something that is working in a radically different way.