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Brookfield Introduces Zero-Waste Packaging at Two Properties

Partnering with the company Loop, the real estate firm is testing the system which will allow tenants at One Blue Slip and Brookfield Place to shop while eliminating disposable packaging.

One Blue Slip where Loop service will launch/ Image credit: QuallsBenson One Blue Slip where Loop service will launch/ Image credit: QuallsBenson

NEW YORK CITY—We’ve all heard about it—the threat of non-biodegradable trash polluting the oceans at an alarming rate. The New York Times, March 22, 2018 article, “’The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ Is Ballooning, 87,000 Tons of Plastic and Counting,” describes the problem.

We wash and sort our garbage, tossing plastics and other packaging materials into recycling bins hoping we’re not contributing to the oceanic garbage patch. But we silently wonder what amount of what we’re throwing away is actually going to end up being part of the tons of plastic debris destroying our environment?

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Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim

Betsy Kim was the bureau chief, East Coast, and New York City reporter for Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com. As a lawyer and journalist, Betsy has worked as the director of editorial and content for LexisNexis Lawyers.com, a TV/multi-media journalist for NBC and CBS affiliated TV stations in the Midwest, and an associate producer at Court TV.

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