Tag: sustainability

• 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

• NATURLOOP

  

  This company is creating durable biomaterials to replace the use of woods for furniture and the construction industry from coconut husk fibers.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  August 4, 2025

  agricultural waste, Asia, Biodegradable, coconut waste, construction material, Europe, furniture, new material, philippines, switzerland, upcycling

  cocoboard, coconut upcycling, coconut waste, eco-friendly, food, lifestyle, mdfalternative, sustainability, sustainable-living, upcycling, zero waste

• MALAI ECO

  

  This company is creating biomaterials to replace the use of animal leather using bacterial cellulose grown on waste coconut water from the coconut processing industry.  

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  June 10, 2025

  Asia, coconut waste, Compostable, food waste, india, leather alternative, new material, textiles, upcycling

  coconut upcycling, coconut waste, coconut water, eco-friendly, India, kerala, leather alternative, lifestyle, sustainability, sustainable-living, upcycling, zero waste

• SAGES

  

  This company creates naturally-derived dyes created from agricultural waste to replace the use of synthetic dyes that pollute the environment.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2025

  agricultural waste, clothing, Compostable, dyes, Europe, fashion, food waste, textiles, UK

  colors, dyes, eco-friendly, environment, sustainability, sustainable-living, textiles, zero waste

• FULL HARVEST

  

  This company is creating a marketplace for produce that connects commercial produce buyers to farms, thereby reducing inefficiencies associated with surplus and imperfect produce.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 22, 2025

  california, digital, digital platform, food industry, food rescue, food waste, logistics, online marketplace, USA

  b2b, digital platform, digital-marketing, food rescue, food waste, marketing, online marketplace, sustainability

• 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