Big or small, every change matters when making our planet a better place. And this goes beyond the individual, too. Luckily, as the mindset of consumers shifts towards eco-friendly thinking, more and more businesses are implementing "green" innovations in the way they go about things. From cigarette butt-recycling postal pouches to simple product packaging, Bored Panda has compiled a list of pics, proving that we, the Earth, really do have a bright future.
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The Cafe At My Closest Beach Gives Free Drinks To People Who Collect A Bucket Of Litter From The Beach
Pen Made Of Recycled Water Bottles Casts A Shadow Of A Water Bottle
Turns Out My Pencil Is Made Of Recycled Newspaper
Instead Of Using Paint For This Parking Lot, This Is How The “Lines” Are Created. Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
An Easy Way To Recycle Old Mascara Wands
Please do NOT throw away your mascara wands. Instead, clean JUST THE WAND with Dawn liquid soap, place them in a ziploc bag and mail them to a Wildlife Refuge accepting donations.
These little wands are able to be upcycled to clean away oil, larvae, fly eggs, mites, infections, mud and other contaminants from wildlife. Works great for medical care and wound treatment.
Mail to: Appalachian Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 1211 Skyland NC 28776
Poland Unveils Glow-In-The-Dark Bicycle Path That Is Charged By The Sun
Carlsberg Using Glue To Make Six Packs Instead Of Plastic
We have these in Denmark. It's a little tiny dot of some special glue, which took them a long time and effort to develop. It holds the six cans tightly together and you have to twist it in a certain way to separate. After the glue doesn't stick to anything anymore. It saves 150 tons of plastic a year in Denmark alone. Also we have a system where you get paid for returning empty bottles and cans. A lot of homeless people make a living collecting them, and also they don't end up polluting nature.
Got An Event Bracelet That Can Be Planted
I Found A Hidden Message When I Ripped The Paper Off This Ramen Pot
An Ice Cream Cup Made Of Banana Leaves
My Grocery Store Started Selling Overripe Bananas For Cheap With A Recipe For Banana Bread On The Bag
This Notebook Is Made Of Stone
You Can Charge This Battery With A Micro USB
This is great for things like remote controls. Instead of throwing the batteries away, recharge them. One less thing in the land fills
Refill Station At Simon Fraser University, Canada
This Cup Is Made From Plant Starch, Not Plastic
Lets remember that many compostable cups are really not compostable. https://recycleforgreatermanchester.com/blog/the-truth-about-compostable-packaging/
My Pencil Has Seeds On The Tip, So When It's Too Small To Use It You Can Plant It And A Tree Will Grow Out Of It
When my son was in middle school, he got in trouble for "lurking" in the bushes next to his school. When I asked what he was doing, he said he was planting his pencil next to the school so that it would grow into a tree!! LMAO
This Makes Me Incredibly Happy, And More Inclined To Shop Here More Often
Recycled Cardboard Used As An Alternative To Bubble Wrap
My University Makes Notepads Out Of The Recycled Paper And Hands Them Out To The Students
Single-Use Cutlery And Straws From Avocado Seeds
Recently, Mexican company BioFase released single-use cutlery and straws that biodegrade in 240 days. The company collects avocado seeds from companies who process avocados to make guacamole or oil.
This Super Market Had Tiny Paper Bags Instead Of Plastic Containers To Reduce Waste
Every Day After Closing, This Local Bakery Leaves Out A Bag Of Their Unsold Pastries That People Can Take From Freely Instead Of Throwing Them Away And Make Unnecessary Waste
This Japanese Toilet Refills Through A Sink In The Top So You Can Rinse Your Hands And Re-Use The Water
You Bike To Keep The Outlet Going, To Recharge Your Devices
The Bowling Alley In My Neighbourhood Tore Up Old Lanes And Used Them To Renovate The Washrooms
My Local Coffee Shop Gives Free Compost Made From Their Used Coffee Grounds
I'm pleased to say every coffee shop in my city - Portsmouth UK - give away their grinds for gardening.
I Bought A Pack Of Cigarettes And They Came With A Postage Paid Recycling Pouch
My Shoes Came With A “Handle” Rather Than Being Packed In A One Time Use Bag
nice if you bought just one pair of shoes... Will look like a christmas tree if bought three or more :D :D
Throw And Grow Confetti
Disposable Bowl Made Out Of Nothing But Three Pressed Leaves, Sturdy Despite Being Fastened Together With Just A Small Bamboo Pin. Used By Street Food Vendors In India
A New Question Is Up On Our Cigarette Voting Bin On Villiers Street
The Water Taps At This Cafe Drip Onto Plants To Not Waste Water
They Had A Bike At My School To Blend A Smoothie That They Were Handing Out At Lunch
This Coffee Cup Is Made From Recycled Coffee Grounds
Eco-Friendly Eggs Packaging
This Steel Gate Made Up Of Pliers
This Office Is Made Up Of Old Shipping Containers
This Sketchbook Made From Real Recycled Circuit Boards
My New Dentist Has Their Forms Laminated To Reduce Paper Waste By Simply Plugging In And Wiping Off
Wait why are they giving you a sharpie then? I understand it shouldn't wipe off when your hand crosses over it but wouldn't it be better to use a water washable dry erase markers? Because sharpies are made to be permanent after they dry?
Resealable Cans Of Water
The Paper Tag Attached To My New Pan Can Be Planted To Grow Herbs
My School Fights Littering By Installing Basketball Hoops Above Trash Cans
This Bag Of Old/Stained Face Towels Have Been Re-Used As “Rags” At This Hotel
I take my own washing items when I travel. They fit in a tiny bag. Hand-crocheted cotton washcloths and my own shampoo, conditioner, soap, etc. This is also a great idea. Next they need to stop with the cutesy individual items in the bathroom and just have the bulk pumps on the wall.
This Sink Counter At A Brewery Is Made With Recycled Beer Bottles
The Beach I’m At Has A List Of Commonly Found Garbage And How Long It Takes For It To Decompose
My Work Place Has A White Board Showing Yesterday’s Food Waste Right Above Where Employees Keep Used Dishes
This Public Bench Was Made Using Grocery Bags
Desk Made From The Engine Cowl Of A 747
This Bin Shows You Examples Of Different Types Of Waste And Where They Go
My Hotel Wants You To Take The Nice Soap Home
This Hotel Uses Papaya Stalks As Straws
This Water Fountain Tells You How Many Disposable Plastic Bottles You've Saved Through Using It
The Golf Balls At The Mini Golf On This Pier Are Biodegradable And Fall Into The Sea At The 18th Hole
An Environmentally Friendly, Staple-Free Staple
A Coffee Shop In Santa Cruz, Ca Accepts A Bucket Of Trash As "Payment" For A Cup Of Coffee
This Coffee Shop Is Offering Straws Made Out Of Hay To Reduce Waste
I am legitimately wondering how cost effective this is and would it affect people who were allergic to hay/grass?
This Lemon Company Sells Ugly Lemons That Don’t Make The Cut For Their Normal Bags
My Bank Uses An Eco Friendly Envelope Which You Can Put In The Ground And The Flower Seeds Within The Paper Will Grow
These Tables Are Made From Old Construction Signs
This Drinking Fountain Acts As A Plant Watering System For What People Don't Drink Rather Than It Going Back Into The Sewer System
Amazon Package (Guitar Plectrums) Used The Order Receipt As The Goods Packaging
This is brilliant because I have received some stuff from Amazon that comes in a box 10x's larger than necessary.
This Custom Clothier/Show Cobbler In San Francisco Makes Shoes And Reuses Old Tires As The Tread
Wife Brought Home An Agenda From A Work Meeting Today. They Stapled The Paper With The Paper. What A Time To Be Alive
Had A Volunteer Help Me Make These Stools Out Of Our Discarded Books For New Library Seating
These See-Through Bins
Petco Offers Discounted Price When You Bring Your Empty Tub Of Their Brand Litter Back
Litter Picking Station At A Beach In Cornwall, UK
Chewing Gum Bin Made From Recycled Chewing Gum
So Our Package Arrived In The Mail The Other Day, We Opened It Up To Find Some Very Eco-Friendly Packing Material
The Inside Of My Ipad Case Is Made Of Old Toothpaste Boxes
My School Made A Bench Out Of Old Mac Computer Towers
This Movie Theater Collects Popcorn For Local Farms
This Coffee Shop Uses Dry Fettuccine For Stir Sticks
Recyclable Laundry Detergent
I'd love to buy that! The plastic the detergent comes in annoys me so much.
All Of The Benches At Legoland Were Made 800 Recycled Milk Jugs
The Bar I'm At Is Made From Doors With The Door Knobs Still Intact
There Are Now Cardboard Biodegradable Coolers Instead Of Styrofoam Coolers To Help The Environment
This McDonald’s Has A ‘Liquids’ Section Of The Trash To Allow For Proper Recycling
Chairs Made From Tires
This Seems Like A Simple Way To Reduce Costs And Waste
UPS In Italy Uses These "Bicycle Trucks" To Deliver Packages To Places In Narrow Streets Of Rome
The Seemingly Plastic Cup In My Home Team’s Stadium Is Plastic Free. Made From Sugar Canes
This Pizza Box Can Be Torn In Half And Folded To Create A Smaller Box For Leftovers
The Complementary Water In My Beijing Hotel Comes In Coke Bottles Recycled From The Olympic Games In Beijing 10 Years Ago
These Chips Are Made From Rejected Potatoes To Reduce Landfill Usage
This is definitely greenwash. All potato chips are made out of 'rejected' potatoes because they're cheaper than the 'perfect' kind you buy from the supermarket shelves.
This Phone Charging Station Where You Have To Sit Down And Pedal To Get Power
This Cafe Uses Metal Straws To Reduce Waste
The Laser Engraving On This Avocado Reduces Plastic Packaging
This Wine Bottle Has A Reusable Glass Cork
This Shopping Centre In London Has A Bin Specifically For Recycling Coffee Cups
My Dentist Office Uses Dry Erase Markers And Laminates Forms To Avoid Wasting Paper
They Are Replacing Street Lights With New Led Lamps. It Is Supposed To Reduce The Electricity Bill And The Light Pollution. I Don't Know About The Pollution, But The Street Looks Better
My local authority in London started to replace all their sodium street lights with LED lights to save them money. 3 months later they had to re-site all the LED street lights, they were so bright that they were keeping residents awake. Being a typical local authority they didn't think of using lower wattage lights with less LED's and simply abandoned the plan.
Someone In My Office Noticed A Leak In The Ceiling And Instead Of Fixing It, They Mounted A Small Shelf On The Wall, Put A Plant On It And Then Used The Leak To Water It
Well, that all great but that lead left unfixed could potentially open up a can if worms.
Eco-Friendly Forks Made From Corn In An Asian Grocery Store
This Coke Bottle Is Made Out Of Ice
So your drink is FROZEN and it just melts into water/coke in your hand
This Restaurant Has Metal Straws To Stay Green
The City I Live In Has Trash Cans Dedicated To Pizza Packaging Near The River
They put them up, cause the amount of empty pizza boxes got way out of hand. Also as you can see, the regular trash cans here got this "roof" with four pillars on top. You are not able to fold the box small enough, to put it in the can. So there happend to be empty boxes all over the place. Good idea, but still, way to many boxes..
Even Target Uses Target Bags As Garbage Bags For Their Small Waste Bins
Arizona Teas Being Sold By The Milk Carton
What this post shows is people attempting to change and break their old habits, YET, somebody has to put down the idea. At least they are trying to find away, Most likely more than you are doing. You sit there and complain, While somebody else makes things change for the better. Yes it may not be the best way at first, but at least they are on the right path.
Ordered My Ice Cream To Go And Was Given This Edible Cone Cap To Protect It
The comments on this post shows why we are having a difficult time saving the planet, as there are so many negative comments. Maybe these aren't the best options, but they are trying hard to make things better. We all need to make things better, and even small changes help.
The actual effect of most of them is negligible. But psychology and symbolism matter.
Load More Replies...So many of these are great ideas. Some of them will have next to no impact directly, but it's the fact that these make you think and make you more aware of your habits. That, plus it's good for customer satisfaction and maybe even a bit of publicity. That's a win all around.
This is what some Belgian architects are doing and I would love to see BoredPanda do a thing on this! https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2019/sep/29/meet-the-inventors-who-want-to-upgrade-your-life
Load More Replies...Although some of these ideas are not perfect, people are trying to make a difference. All of these ideas are a step in the right direction. The nitpicking, criticizing pessimists get on my nerves.
The comments on this post shows why we are having a difficult time saving the planet, as there are so many negative comments. Maybe these aren't the best options, but they are trying hard to make things better. We all need to make things better, and even small changes help.
The actual effect of most of them is negligible. But psychology and symbolism matter.
Load More Replies...So many of these are great ideas. Some of them will have next to no impact directly, but it's the fact that these make you think and make you more aware of your habits. That, plus it's good for customer satisfaction and maybe even a bit of publicity. That's a win all around.
This is what some Belgian architects are doing and I would love to see BoredPanda do a thing on this! https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2019/sep/29/meet-the-inventors-who-want-to-upgrade-your-life
Load More Replies...Although some of these ideas are not perfect, people are trying to make a difference. All of these ideas are a step in the right direction. The nitpicking, criticizing pessimists get on my nerves.