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8 Key Takeaways I Learned from Retailers About “Recycling” Cardboard

by Ashley Etling | Jan 3, 2023 | SUSTAINABILITY, Uncategorized

I’ve spent the last 5 years of my life working to eliminate single-use packaging. Cutting the use of cardboard was part of that goal, but most of my focus was on cutting single-use plastic packaging used in direct to consumer e-commerce shipments. This was true for a...

The Biggest CX Trend Retailers Need to Consider

by Ashley Etling | Nov 9, 2022 | SUSTAINABILITY

Customer experience (CX) trends come and go. They can vary based on what is going on in the world. They can vary based on new technologies that have emerged. They can change based on consumer behavior. However, what remains the same is that customers, or...

Sadly, Holiday Waste is Only Going to Get Worse This Year

by Ashley Etling | Oct 6, 2022 | SUSTAINABILITY

The beginning of October means that the holiday season is just around the corner. And, with the holidays, that means an increase in shopping which ultimately leads to more returns, or in other words more holiday waste. We live in a world where ordering more rather...

Fashion’s Role in Collective Circularity

by Ashley Etling | Mar 17, 2022 | SUSTAINABILITY

You can learn a lot about a society by way of its fashion. What, then, do these photos say? And how did we get here? One could highlight cotton’s role in the Industrial Revolution. The same would point out fashion’s role in industrializing countries, driving economic...

Reusable Packaging for Holiday Shipping

by Ashley Etling | Aug 17, 2021 | SUSTAINABILITY

Photo by Gabriel Garcia Marengo on Unsplash “Good luck getting your holiday gifts delivered on time this year. You’ll need it,” writes Chris Isadore in an October 2020 CNN Business article. He adds, “Demand for shipping has reached levels they...

August Giveback: Center for Ecoliteracy

by Ashley Etling | Aug 2, 2021 | SUSTAINABILITY

LimeLoop Gives Back Gearing up for the start of school and hybrid work, also means inspiring new methods, mindsets, and systems as both schools and companies continue to adapt. Recently, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released a report concluding, “If the world...