Of Desserts and Styrofoam
Cold-Pack EPS Cooler shipping packaging. An example of doing it right if you have to use EPS, along with resources for both recycling and alternatives to EPS coolers for shipping perishable goods.
Rethinking Waste: Firehoses, Coffee Sacks, & CSR
Ran across another British firm rethinking industrial waste streams as supply streams. Eako is upcycling. They are taking condemned fire-hose and waste coffee sacks and creating belts (marrying them with reclaimed pewter), placemats, bags (lined with decommissioned office furniture textiles or scrap sail cloth), purses (made from hoses and optical bags), and wallets.
Rethinking Waste: Tube and check shoes
Above + Below London has been rethinking waste streams. This shoe manufacturer has rethought and repurposed old London Underground seat fabric, car tires, and leather checkbooks to create a hip, trendy, and truly eco-conscious footwear. This is part of the Rethinking Waste series from Opportunity Sustainability℠. Author: Matthew Rochte, Sustainability Consultant http://www.OpportunitySustainability.com
Rethinking Waste: Another R word – Repair
In the vein of Reduce Reuse Recycle there are a plethora of other R words to use in being sustainable. Repair is a great one. In many respects it takes the original three and combines it into one. This is part of the Rethinking Waste series from Opportunity Sustainability℠. Author: Matthew Rochte, Sustainability Consultant http://www.OpportunitySustainability.com
Rethinking Waste: Have some cocoa with your coal
Lindt Chocolate Company is experimenting with their “waste,” a by-product of the chocolate manufacturing process – cocoa bean shells – to reduce emissions and or provide a cleaner fuel source for local power plant. This is part of the Rethinking Waste series from Opportunity Sustainability℠. Author: Matthew Rochte, Sustainability Consultant http://www.OpportunitySustainability.com
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& Green Innovation Advocacy
Matthew Rochte, LEED AP
Experienced, operations- based sustainability
and corporate responsibility (CSR) consultant, working with company management to navigate and realize the
opportunities in taking their company green and growing sustainably.
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