Re-invent the Plastic Bag How do we re-invent the traditional carry-home bag? Leading retailers – Target, Walmart, CVS Health among others – have come together to throw out a global challenge to all innovators. Launched by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag and led by the NY-based investment firm, Closed Loop Partners, the Beyond the Bag initiative aims to reinvent the single use retail bag, “with the goal of identifying, testing and implementing viable design solutions and models that more sustainably serve the purpose of the current retail bag”. The $15 million initiative aims to create a global competition...
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Innovative Idea to eliminate plastic during Marathons and other Events
Recently, my 10-year old came across a video showcasing edible water balls. I have to preface this by saying my 10-year old is extremely passionate about the environment, and needless to say she was intrigued, as was I. So we read more… Here’s the story in a nutshell. In 2013, Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez and Pierre Paslier cofounded Skipping Rocks Lab with an intention to make sustainable packaging, or, in their own words, packing that disappears. Their sustainable packaging, called NOTPLA, is made from a combination of seaweed and other plant extracts. This packaging is edible or can biodegrade in about...
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Consumer packaged goods are items that are used everyday by average customers and that require routine replacement or replenishment. Examples are food, beverages, household products. Today, consumer packaged goods are available in several convenient sizes and consumers do not think twice about discarding the packaging once the product is over. The world’s largest consumer good companies such as Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Nestle have recently woken up to the problem. The plastic waste generated from the discarded packaging is piling up in landfills and oceans. While there are efforts to address the problem of plastic bottles at end-of-life as...
