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There’s No Ignoring It – Why It’s Time to Satisfy the Sustainable Consumer
Sustainability. A concept that we have focused on constantly for the past decade. We’ve consistently seen news stories on carbon emissions or environmental concerns caused by human intervention in nature. We’ve planted trees on Earth Day, participated in beach...
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There’s No Ignoring It – Why It’s Time to Satisfy the Sustainable Consumer
Sustainability. A concept that we have focused on constantly for the past decade. We’ve consistently seen news stories on carbon emissions or environmental concerns caused by human intervention in nature. We’ve planted trees on Earth Day, participated in beach...
The Single-Use Straw Problem Is Solved with UrthPact
Let’s be honest: do any of us really enjoy drinking from a paper straw? Do we like struggling to stay clean while driving with a sippy lid? While we have done a great job perpetuating the idea that we should stop using unnecessary plastics like straws, we haven’t...
UrthPact Products Protect Every Part of Our Planet – Oceans Included
Wow, hard to believe it’s already June. Where has 2021 gone? This past week we celebrated World Oceans Day, a day dedicated to appreciating the beauty of our oceans, as well as encouraging everyone to do their part in ocean conservation and protection. At UrthPact, we...
Hawaii Says Goodbye to Conventional Plastic Straws and Aloha to UrthPact’s New Home-Compostable Straws!
HONOLULU & LEOMINSTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--There’s a new drinking straw coming to Hawaii and it’s not another one of those mushy paper ones. It’ll feel and function exactly like the conventional straws you know, but completely biodegrade or compost like the...
Plastic for Good
By Brion O’Connor Paul Boudreau, president and CEO of UrthPact, is a local boy made good. A native of the blue-collar city of Fitchburg in north-central Massachusetts, Boudreau graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell in 1984 with a degree in...
