2 This machine crushes beer bottles into usable sand. 200 grams of powder from each bottle is recycled to preserve beaches. #3 Salt Water Brewery created edible packaging to save sea life.

A key advance to the company’s patented ­technology is a new growing medium: rather than grow in dirt, these crops grow in a reusable cloth made from recycled water bottles. Instead of being ...

SPECIAL MENTION: Since sustainable shoe startup Rothy's launched in 2016, the company has repurposed over 41 million water bottles into their 3D-knitted women's footwear. The shoes come in a ...

Their inspiration came from the fact that while polystyrene is currently being recycled, this doesn’t solve the problem as the polystyrene still exists to eventually end up in landfills.