Building a circular economy needs an all-of-the-above method that consistsof toughness, style, repairwork, repair, remanufacturing, sharing, recycling and, of course, reuse.
Upstream, a nationwide not-for-profit concentrated on recycle, revealed its Reusies Awards winners May23 It’s the 2nd year that GreenBiz has partnered with Upstream to host the live awards within our Circularity conference.
Upstream acknowledged 3 classifications: food and drink; customer packaged items; and style and garments. Activists and neighborhood groups likewise get Reusies. Across the U.S. and Canada, these companies and people “are establishing a muchbetter method than throw-away,” according to Upstream.
Food and drink
- The winner: Kadeya
- The service: This Chicago-based business’s trademarked drink kiosk cleans, sterilizes, examines and refills water bottles.
- What I like: Users and centers supervisors can track development with the user userinterface. Gamifying water shipment includes a measurement beyond the simple water waterfountain.
- The runners-up: Buoy and Revino
Consumer packaged items
- The winner: Cabinet Health
- The option: Cabinet Health looksfor to remove single-use plastic in drug productpackaging. Its refillable system for overthecounter medications and supplements personalizes recyclable prescription bottles and supports the shift away from plastic-packaged medications.
- What I like: Most of the 194 billion plastic medication bottles produced each year are landfilled. Cabinet’s recyclable choice ships tablets in a home compostable pouch.
- The runners-up: Good Filling and Green Gooding