Tag: recycling

• 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

• RECORK

  

  This company has created a recycling program for cork from the wine industry and others and upcycled them into shoe soles and other cork products.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  September 24, 2025

  Canada, cork recycling, fashion, recycle, shoes, wine

  cork, cork recycling, recork, recycling, upcycling

• WISDOM SUPPLY COMPANY

  

  This company provides plastic-free and zero-waste stationary supplies.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  November 29, 2024

  B corp, california, plastic alternative, plastic-free, Re-use, recycle, social enterprise/b corp, stationary, USA

  environment, plastic, plastic-free, recycling, sustainability, waste management, zero waste

• REFIBERD

  

  This company utilized artificial intelligence (AI) and hyperspectral imaging to sort discarded textiles for recycling.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  June 24, 2024

  artificial intelligence, california, clothing recycling, recycle, textile waste sorting, textiles, USA, waste sorting

  recycling, textile recycling, textile waste sorting

• CRIATERRA

  

  This company is developing innovative construction materials that are as strong as concrete and yet are made using a very low amount of energy and can also be easily recycled and reconstructed, thereby enabling circularity.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 17, 2024

  construction material, construction material recycling, construction waste, designed to be remade easily at end of life, energy efficient process, Israel, new material, recycle, upcycling

  asphalt, concrete, construction waste, recycling, upcycling

• LOOPTWORKS

  

  This company is recovering end-of-life textiles and bringing them back to the economy through circular solutions like recycling, upcycling and downcycling.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 17, 2024

  B corp, clothing, clothing recycling, clothing upcycling, downcycling, oregon, pre-consumer textile, recycle, take back, textiles, upcycling, USA

  bcorp, downcycling, pre-consumer excess textiles, recycling, takeback, upcycling