Category: USA

• REBUNDLE

  

  This company provides plant-based braiding hair made from banana fibers to offer a non-toxic, biodegradable, itch-free, and sustainable alternative to traditional plastic-based synthetic hair extensions.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  December 15, 2025

  banana, Compostable, north carolina, personal hygiene, USA

  Compostable, plastic alternative, zero waste, rebundle, sustainable hair extensions, compostable hair extensions, hair accessories

• COMMONS

  

  This company helps track users’ carbon footprint through an app in order to help them make more sustainable and climate-friendly choices, turning everyday purchases into climate action

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  December 11, 2025

  app, california, carbon footprint education, digital, digital platform, reduce, USA

  carbon footprint, climate action, climate app, digital platform

• PARCEL HEALTH

  

  This company is helping the pharmaceutical industry away from using plastic pill bottles to compostable paper pill bottle solutions

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  December 10, 2025

  Compostable, compostable packaging, consumer product, pharmaceutical, USA

  compostable pill bottles, eco-friendly, environment, pharma, recycling, sustainability, sustainable-living

• LOKA

  

  This company has created Dry-Erase markers made from 100% reclaimed plastic and are designed with a bio-recyclable additive to break down faster than conventional plastic.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  October 2, 2025

  biorecyclable additive, consumer product, recycle, USA

  biorecyclable additive, dry-erase markers, recycled plastic, recycling

• TASTEE TAPE

  

  This company creates edible (=compostable) tape and wraps for serving and storing food items like wraps, burritos, gyros, etc.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  September 17, 2025

  Compostable, compostable packaging, edible, food industry, food product, New Jersey, packaging, USA

  Compostable, edible, ediblepackaging, edibletape

• COCOPLUM

  

  This company upcycles used prescription bottles into frames for sunglasses

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  August 26, 2025

  beauty, california, consumer product, fashion, plastic diversion, plastic waste, prescription bottles, recycle, upcycling, USA

  beauty, fashion, plasticrecycling, upcycledplastic, upcycling

• KEEL LABS

  

  This company has developed seaweed-based fiber materials to be used in the fashion industry.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  August 6, 2025

  Compostable, fashion, seaweed, textiles, USA

  natural fiber, seaweed, seaweed textiles, sustainable fashion, textiles

• NUDE FOODS MARKET

  

  This company is a zero-waste grocery store, that provides staple grocery store items in reusable containers (not to be confused with a bulk store!) . 

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  May 23, 2025

  cleaning for reuse, colorado, glass, groceries, package-free, packaging, Re-use, refill, reusable containers for food services, reusable packaging, USA

  closed loop reuse, eco-friendly, reduce, reuse, reuse infrastructure, sustainable grocery store, sustainable-living, zero waste, zerowaste, zerowaste grocery store

• REVINO

  

  This company is creating a closed-loop system for reusable glass wine bottles, by providing and end-to-end refillable bottle solution

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  May 8, 2025

  cleaning for reuse, glass, oregon, Re-use, refill, reusable containers for food services, USA, wine

  closed loop reuse, oregon, refillable wine bottles, reuse, reuse infrastructure, revino

• MATTER OF TRUST

  

  This nonprofit repurposes human hair, pet hair, fleece and other materials to clean up oil spills in the oceans

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  May 2, 2025

  california, coastal restoration, conservation, habitat restoration, hair, nonprofit, oil spills, upcycling, USA, waste solutions

  conservation, donate hair, habitat restoration, hair, human hair, human hair mats, oil spills