This proposal asks our Company to evaluate extending our responsibility for our packaging beyond the point of sale and through to the packaging’s end-of-life. Some opportunities to achieve this could include using less plastic, exploring reusable and package-free alternatives, and making sure that the disposable packaging we do use is always collected and recycled.

investing your values, investing, Circular Economy, wasteAs You SowMay 7, 2024Kelly McBee, Hershey

Why Nearly Half of Americans Lack Recycling

The solution to this recycling disparity is Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), whereby producer corporations that make the packaging (bottles, bags, wrap, etc.) finance the collection and recycling of their packaging at its end-of-life.

waste, ocean plasticsKelly McBeeOctober 31, 2023Kelly McBee

As You Sow Heralds a Zero Waste Future with Rebranded Circular Economy Program

In an embrace of a post-pollution future, As You Sow’s Waste Program has rebooted itself as the more aptly titled Circular Economy Program – and we couldn’t be more excited!