Circular Accelerator News Today

Fill It Forward Colorado, Maryland, and California have instituted plastic bans and are actively cracking down on waste. With businesses finding ways to comply, 63% of consumers forget their reusable shopping bags when they enter the store, according to reuse company Fill It Forward. With the pandemic making it more difficult to push reuse, the plastic problem has reached new heights, according to the Guelph, ON, Canada-based company’s Founder and CEO Matt Wittek. Prior to...

Getty Images Feb 17, 2021 NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners announces the nine winners of the Beyond the Bag Challenge: ChicoBag, Domtar, Eon, Fill it Forward, GOATOTE, PlasticFri, Returnity, SmartC and Sway. The winning solutions fall into three categories: Reuse and Refill; Enabling Technology; and Innovative Materials. Their work ranges from reusable packaging systems, to technology that incentivizes con...

Digital Editor The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners announces winners of its competition: ChicoBag, Domtar, Eon, Fill it Forward, GOATOTE, PlasticFri, Returnity, SmartC and Sway. The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners has revealed a nine winners of the Beyond the Bag Challenge, which aims to identify innovative new design solutions that serve the function of today’s single-use plastic retail bag — delivering ease and conven...

Share this article Share this article GUELPH, ON, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Fill it Forward (FiF), a company inspiring the world to reuse through its interactive technologies, global giving initiatives, and sustainable products, is thrilled to announce that they have been selected as a winner of the Beyond the Bag Challenge. This open competition led by the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag, a collaboration convened by the Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners in part...