Portland, Ore.-based Bold Reuse, a startup providing reusable dishes and food containers paired with environmental analytics, is setting up shop in Seattle. The company is partnering with Seattle Public Schools… Read More
Beginning this year, households in Seattle are banned from tossing old batteries in the trash — including everything from the tiny batteries that power hearing aids to those juicing up… Read More
Ridwell, the Seattle startup that aims to keep more trash out of landfills, is adding more types of plastic to the mix of materials that it recycles. As its collection… Read More
If you’re someone who recycles, you’ve experienced that paralyzed moment in front of a row of waste bins not knowing where your plastic fork and cup are meant to go.… Read More
Each week, Ridwell workers fan neighborhoods in six cities around the country picking up canvas sacks stuffed with plastic bags and packing waste. The plastic film is sorted and sent… Read More
Despite well-intended efforts to keep plastic water bottles, packaging and other items out of landfills, only 9% of plastics in the U.S. are recycled. One of the big problems is… Read More
In a warehouse south of downtown Seattle, Ridwell co-founder and CEO Ryan Metzger stands amid the garbage that has turned his 4-year-old startup into a growing business. There are huge… Read More
Starbucks will again allow customers to bring their own clean, reusable cups to their stores for beverages beginning June 22. The worldwide coffee juggernaut temporarily banned the practice following the… Read More
Humans produce more than 6 billion tons of plastic every year, and its accumulation in landfills and oceans is considered by many to be an environmental crisis. Only 9% of… Read More
Starbucks is launching a new effort to cut down on waste from its ubiquitous beverage cups with a limited trial in Seattle of a “Borrow a Cup” program. The program… Read More
Ryan Metzger sees a lot of recyclable material from the 1,500 Seattle-area households using Ridwell, a startup he helped launch to deal with hard-to-dispose of items. Increasingly, a lot of… Read More
Seattle takes its trash seriously. The city banned single-use plastic shopping bags and plastic straws and utensils. It taught residents to toss banana peels and chicken bones in the compost… Read More
NASA astronauts on the International Space Station have installed the first integrated 3-D printer and plastic recycler to go into orbit, and it’s currently being checked out for experiments that… Read More
Another day, another Starbucks cup controversy. But this time, critics of the cup aren’t attacking Starbucks for its supposed liberal agenda. They’re taking a stand to protest the wastefulness of… Read More
A T-shirt and pair of jeans may be a staple of many wardrobes, but think about the recycling possibilities if one could be made from the other. That’s just what… Read More
Upcycling, while still a niche, is gaining popularity as consumers become more environmentally conscious. The trend involves repurposing waste into new and improved products that can be used or sold. Upcycling gained… Read More