Skimm co-founders Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin explain to CNN's Boss Files why they set out to use their daily newsletter, with more than six million subscribers, as a way to get young voters to the polls.
Entrepreneur Emma Cohen wants to see a plastic straw-free planet. So she and her partner created FinalStraw, a reusable metal straw, and pulled in $1.89 million on Kickstarter to bring it to market.
Beer loving environmentalists will be raising a pint to Carlsberg after the brewer revealed plans to replace traditional plastic can holders with a new technology that cuts plastic use.