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But is it recyclable?  There’s a huge discrepancy between how consumers believe recycling works and the system that actually exists. Companies need to do better. If you’re like most American consumers, the term compostable plastic evokes images of plastic bags and packaging gently decomposing into dirt over the course of a few months. It’s reasonable to think…

Blueland sources eco-friendly household products for you! 14 billion pounds of our trash is dumped into the ocean each year. Sarah Paiji Yoo, CEO and co-founder of Blueland, is on a mission to make a difference on plastic waste. Cleaning up the planet starts with cleaning up your homes, which is why Blueland creates cleaning…

Why Are We Throwing Money Away? Take-make-waste isn’t working Take… make… waste isn’t working. Under the current linear take-make-waste economy, we throw $10 billion worth of materials into landfills across the United States! Rethinking this with a circular economy lens would address our systems as more connected and more resilient. Who doesn’t want to reduce the…