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Jason Cook of LINE-X: “Enjoy the ride”

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Tape, Wire Tape, Paper, plastic, etc. There is physically nothing to be done to gain more of it, but you can waste it quickly. We have made many mistakes and as long as we learn from them, no time is wasted. He or she might just see this if we tag them. We excitedly accepted, to earn his trust and show him our talents.

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Sheila Morovati of Habits of Waste + Crayon Collection: “Working won’t feel like working anymore”

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Sheila Michail Morovati is the president and founder of nonprofits Habits of Waste and Crayon Collection. She spearheaded the historic ban of plastic straws, utensils, and stirrers in the City of Malibu and has been featured in Forbes, LA Times, HuffPost, and various regional broadcasts. Habits of Waste came next. But you did.

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Jessica Paschkes of REFILLERY: “You don’t have to reinvent the wheel”

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A zero-waste shop has fundamental elements that are universal. A few years ago, she began researching the concept of zero-waste, eco-shopping for cleaning products and was blown away by the fact that there were virtually no refilleries in the United States. My new venture is a zero waste, eco-shopping solution called REFILLERY.

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Robert Mock of Ocean’s Halo: “I do have about a million mistakes made, but almost all of those mistakes I probably needed to make myself in order to really learn how to avoid them in the future”

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It has been estimated that each year, more than 100 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States. The waste of food is not only a waste of money and bad for the environment, but it is also making vulnerable populations even more vulnerable. What exactly do you think we are talking about when we refer to food waste?

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Jeff Yorzyk of HelloFresh: “Don’t Give Up”

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It has been estimated that each year, more than 100 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States. The waste of food is not only a waste of money and bad for the environment, but it is also making vulnerable populations even more vulnerable. What exactly are we talking about when we refer to food waste?

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How and Why Emma Rose Cohen of Final Decided To Change Our World

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Our mission at Final is to create responsibly made, badass products that reduce the need for single-use plastics, empower individuals to change their buying habits, and raise awareness of the impacts of our everyday decisions. We call the line Foreverables because they replace single-use plastic and are designed to last forever.

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“Be prepared”, Paul Katzoff and Parveen Panwar, Mr. Activated

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Paul’s mission is to decrease e-waste globally and provide an alternative to physical destruction in the circular economy. His concern for the environment and eliminating impractical waste is his driving passion to work with public and private corporations in updating their drive destruction process. This is a tough question.