Category: USA

• RHEAPLY

  

  This company offers a platform that allows enterprises and individuals to exchange and utilize resources efficiently, reducing the friction of re-use.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  digital platform, furniture, furniture, illinois, online marketplace, Re-use, Resale, reuse backend infrastructure, software, USA

  office resources, Resale, reuse, software, used

• CLEVER CARBON

  

  This company aims to raise carbon footprint literacy and create a carbon literate society in order to accelerate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  carbon footprint education, digital platform, education, new york, Re-use, reduce, social enterprise/b corp, USA

  carbon footprint education

• ALGENESIS

  

  This company is making renewable polyurethanes from algae and non-food plant oils and partnering with companies to make biodegradable products.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  biodegradable polyurethane, biofuel, california, plastic alternative, seaweed, thermoplastic, USA

  biodegradable polyurethane, bioplastic, plastic alternative, seaweed

• BLUEVIEW FOOTWEAR

  

  This company is making biodegradable shoes from algae-based polyurethanes and other biodegradable materials.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  Biodegradable, biodegradable polyurethane, california, fashion, seaweed, shoes, textiles, USA

  algae, biodegradable polyurethane, biodegradable shoes, seaweed, shoe knit technology

• BLUE PLANET INK

  

  This company is producing disappearing ink that can be inserted into standard printers so that paper can be re-used instead of recycled after the ink disappears after use.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  california, dyes, non-toxic ink, Re-use, reduce, self-erasing ink, USA

  disappearing ink, dyes, ink, ph sensitive colorant, reuse, reuse paper, self-erasing ink

• EVRNU

  

  This company transforms post-consumer textile waste into a new raw material that can be used to create new textiles and clothes using their proprietary fiber technology, thereby reducing the amount of post-consumer waste ending up in landfill.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  Biodegradable, california, clothing, clothing recycling, designed to be remade easily at end of life, fashion, fiber separation, new material, post-consumer textile waste, recycle, USA

  Biodegradable, clothing recyclling, fiber separation, new material, nucycl, post-consumer textile waste

• HUUE

  

  This company uses biotechnology to create sustainable and non-toxic dyes for the clothing industry.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  california, DNA technology, dyes, fashion, microbes, non-toxic ink, plastic-free, protein fermentation, textiles, USA

  jeans, microbes, microbial secretions, plastic-free dyes

• BENI

  

  This company provides a browser extension that makes it easier to purchase a used version of a desired item, thereby decreasing friction related to re-use and resale.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  california, clothing, digital platform, Re-use, Resale, reusable clothing, software, USA

  browser extension, digital platform, reuse, software, used goods

• SWAY

  

  This company creates seaweed-based packaging solutions that are home-compostable.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  california, Compostable, compostable packaging, new material, plastic alternative, seaweed, USA

  Compostable, compostable packaging, seaweed

• SUGA

  

  This company creates yoga mats from discarded wet suits that would otherwise end up in landfill.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  california, consumer product, neoprene, USA, wetsuits

  neoprene, recycled neoprene, recycled wetsuits, upcycling