The United States uses more than 36 billion disposable utensils a year. Laid end to end, they could wrap around the globe 139 times. Each year, billions of single-use foodware accessories – utensils, straws, condiments, napkins, and more – are automatically delivered…
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How did flexible plastic packaging get popular and what’s the best way to dispose them?
How is FPP so popular? The demand and use of flexible plastic packaging or FPP has skyrocketed with a share of 19% of the total packaging market in the US. This fastest growing plastic packaging segment is valued between USD…
Fashion’s Mounting Problem
A recent McKinsey insight article said, “Nearly three-fifths of all clothing produced ends up in incinerators or landfills within a year of being made”. The article also said, “number of garments produced annually has doubled since 2000 and exceeded 100…
Crash course plastic recycling communications 2015
A recent project focused on plastic packaging communications raised a very important question: How many of us truly understand the implications of standards used in communicating a package’s recyclability? By understanding the standards discussed below, we see that plastic sorting…
Clean Agency in the Los Angeles Business Journal
Just before the new year, Clean CEO Seri McClendon was invited to provide expert commentary to the Los Angeles Business Journal for an article on Used Cardboard Boxes Inc (UCB). As its name suggests, UCB purchases used cardboard boxes from…
Trends in Restaurant Sustainability: Webinar Recording
For those of you who weren’t able to listen live, click below to watch the recording: Trends in Restaurant Sustainability: A Dialogue about Food and Food Waste from Candace Hodder on Vimeo.
CATEGORIES: Corporate Social Responsibility, Events, Waste Management TAGS: Food Waste, Green Restaurants, Sustainable Food
Complimentary Webinar: Trends in Restaurant Sustainability
On August 23rd, Clean Agency is hosting a complimentary webinar for the restaurant industry about sustainability trends related to food and food waste. Space is still available – register now at https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/254275311. Full details are below. Food sustainability is a business issue. Consumers waste…
CATEGORIES: Communication, Corporate Social Responsibility, Events, Waste Management TAGS: Food Waste, Green Restaurants, Sustainable Food, Training, webinar
E-Waste: A Modern Gold Mine?
Experts speaking at a recent e-waste conference stated that more than 300 tons of gold and 7,500 tons of silver are used annually in manufacturing electronic products. This means that yearly deposits of e-waste hold nearly $21 billion in value. Yet,…
CATEGORIES: Consumer Goods, Recycling, Waste Management TAGS: E-waste, Electronic Waste, Environment, Sustainability
Whose “problem” is packaging?
An interesting article from Packaging Digest caught our attention last week. The article, titled “Packaging and the environment: Shoppers say, ‘It’s not my problem,’” highlighted new research conducted by Perception Research Services (PRS) about consumer attitudes toward product packaging. The…
Clean Attends West Coast’s Premier Packaging Exposition and Conference
For the past three years, Clean has attended the WestPack packaging tradeshow in Anaheim to check out the latest in green packaging innovations. Normally we head straight for the Green Pavilion, where all of the self-proclaimed “green” packaging suppliers are…
CATEGORIES: Community, Packaging, Recycling, Waste Management TAGS: Green Packaging, packaging conference, Sustainable Packaging