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The Hospitality Industry Looks to Produce Zero Waste
2020-05-15 09:00:00| Waste Age
Zero waste is a movement in the hospitality industry. Its a great idea, but is it possible? U.S. restaurants generate 11.4 million tons of organic trash each year, at a cost of more than $25 billion. (ReFED) Progressive wine bars and restaurants ar
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TekTailor Upcycles Would-Be Waste Into Unique Gifts
2020-05-15 09:00:00| Waste Age
Santa Rosa, Calif.-based TekTailor has been in the cutting and sewing business for nearly 30 years, making protective gear initially for skateboarding, then for the military. The family-owned business kept its scraps and had accumulated a great deal
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Beauty Waste Is Taking a Toll on Mother Earth
2020-05-15 09:00:00| Waste Age
Its no secret that more waste is being collected as people are quarantining at home because of COVID-19. Besides the normal residential trash being collected, there are numerous beauty items being tossed such as shampoo bottles, lipsticks, lotion co
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Companies Pivot to Food Packaging Innovations to Cut Waste and Save Millions
2020-05-14 09:00:00| Waste Age
About 40 percent of the food produced globally gets wasted at some point along the food chain. And according to the food waste reduction think tank ReFED, seeing that food gets to its final destination for consumption has to do largely with pack
Women Leaders in Waste: Peggy Macenas of NWRA
2020-05-13 09:00:00| Waste Age
With a background in association management, Peggy Macenas could have worked for any industry, but she happened to have fallen into the waste and recycling industry and 26 years later she doesnt anticipate leaving anytime soon. In December 1993, Ma
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