Tag: sustainable-living

• 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

• 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

• 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