Keurig’s K-Rounds Are Compostable Coffee Pods, but They Only Work With Its New Alta Coffee Machine

Phil Drapeau, senior vice president of Future Coffee Systems at Keurig, says partnering with Delica was a way to accelerate the timeline on research Keurig has been doing for years. “I think at this point it’s been for four to five years that we’ve been working on this process,” Drapeau says. “Working with Delica really … Read more

Business sustainability ambitions are hindered by these four big obstacles

Eoneren/Getty Images The are several gaps that need to be addressed in order for businesses to meet their sustainability goals, according to research.  In a report titled The Gap in Sustainable Value Creation, Salesforce presents the findings from sustainablity research conducted in partnership with GlobeScan and notes the following key findings:  93% of senior leaders across IT, finance and ESG … Read more

Eco-Friendly Recycled Bags (2024): Totes, Purses, Shopping Bags

WIRED’s gear team has tested dozens of bags meant to ease commutes and withstand wear and weather. Here, our favorite eco-friendly bags are as capable and durable, but made using recycled materials like plastic water bottles, old nylon, and even fishing nets retrieved from the ocean. It’s important to find ways to reuse what would … Read more

The Big Problem With the Giant Stanley Cup

That strategy tapped into deep currents in consumer culture that can drive huge sales—but also overconsumption. “We see all the time that [a customer] wants her Quencher to match her fit, her nail polish, her car, her mood, her kitchen,” Reilly told CNBC in December. “We’re serving her where she wants the product.” Stanley has … Read more

Former NBA Star Rick Fox Is Making a Play for Carbon-Neutral Concrete

Rick Fox has spent a lot of time in Hollywood, so naturally he has more than one origin story. Canadian-born, Bahamian-raised Fox played professional basketball in the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s, starring for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers. After retiring from the sport in 2004, he became a full-time actor, appearing … Read more

The ‘Green’ Future of Furniture Is a Sofa Stuffed With Seaweed

In 1919, an entrepreneur named Nils Halvorsen Norheim set up an automated factory for making flatbreads near Barkåker in Norway, the first of its kind in the country. A century on, his great-great-granddaughter found herself peering into an oven in a tiny kitchen in Trondheim, doing some baking of her own—but instead of making food, … Read more

Lego Is a Company Haunted by Its Own Plastic

“In the future, they should not make these kinds of announcements until they actually do it,” says Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics. Global plastic production has been projected to double in the next 20 years, according to the World Economic Forum, and yet in the US, for example, advocates claim that the vast majority … Read more

TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Startup Battlefield 200: Well being tech and sustainability

You’re only a couple weeks away from assembly the Startup Battlefield 200 firms in individual at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023! We’re extremely happy with — and impressed by — this yr’s hand-picked cohort. To keep away from utter overwhelm, we’re asserting them in teams, damaged out by business tracks. Observe that the monitor match could also … Read more

The Rise and Fall of the Zero-Waste Trash Jar

A trash jar can amplify that private focus, since retaining one requires such excessive attentiveness to at least one’s consumption patterns.  Kellogg says it’s merely not value placing all of your vitality right into a trash jar if it leaves no bandwidth for chipping away at a few of these greater, system-level issues. Positive, procuring … Read more

Fairphone 4: A Cellphone For These Who Care About Sustainability, Not Megapixels

Smartphone producers normally tout improved digicam options and different specs, however a brand new participant within the US market is banking on social accountability. Murena’s Fairphone 4 is created from “pretty sourced and recycled supplies” by staff paid a dwelling wage, in response to the Dutch producer. Obtainable in Europe since 2021, the system has … Read more