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July , 21 2023 | MDS Associates Wells Lamont All Day® Bio-Based Sleeves Made from P.E.T. Water Bottles Diverting material destined for landfill, these first of its kind personal safety sleeves are helping to recycle some of the 50 billion water bottles a year or 100 million plastic water bottles Americans buy every day to create the All Day® A2 cut-resistant bio-based sleeve protector knitted from recycled yarn technologies here in the USA! Read More

July , 21 2023 | MDS Associates Understanding ASTM D5511 & ASTM D5526 Biodegradable Standards With increasing demand for Eco-friendly products, it is important to understand how well a biodegradable nitrile glove performs, but it is even more important to know how nitrile biodegradability is tested and measured. To help environmentally responsible companies achieve sustainability goals and ensure consumers that they're buying sustainable hand protection with verified product claims, there are two accepted and respected methods for test... Read More

July , 21 2023 | MDS Associates Straw Wars - the Saga Continues Used once and then tossed in the garbage, Americans use millions of plastic straws and stirrers each day. Those straws litter our streets, lands, shorelines and oceans where they harm or kill marine life and release toxic pollutants. Instead, try these 100% compostable wheat hay drinking straws made entirely by nature, from the stem of the wheat plant. They're the perfect alternative to paper, plastic stirrers and straws! Read More

July , 21 2023 | MDS Associates Convert to Real Straw All Natural Wheat Straw Sticks & Eradicate Plastic Staws Eradicate plastic stirrers, cocktail sticks, plastic drinking straws and divert landfill and microplastic. Real Straw Brand all natural wheat stir stick straws work well in hot or cold drinks, remain firm in water for weeks and completely gluten-free. They are 100% compostable, naturally smooth, shiny and tasteless. Read More

July , 21 2023 | MDS Associates Divert Landfill with Portwest® Planet EC76 High-Visibility ECO-Vests The next time you step out into the field, be sure to stay visible! Portwest® Planet is a new range of Eco-conscious high-visibility apparel that converts discarded P.E.T. water bottles into bio-based fibers used to construct their ANSI/ISEA 107 compliant safety vests. This technology is eliminating plastic from global supply chains and toxic microplastic from our water and food supplies! Read More

July , 21 2023 | MDS Associates Hand and Arm Eco PPE Made with Recycled P.E.T. Water Bottles Americans buy 50 billion water bottles a year or 100 million plastic water bottles per day. Unfortunately 80% of these water bottles end up in landfills where it takes at least 1000 years to decompose, leaching pollutants such as microplastics into our soil and waterways.In response, global PPE suppliers have created the first of their kind personal safety products that utilize recycled P.E.T. water bottles to construct bio-based, recycled yar... Read More