The good news is, there’s a small business in Philadelphia trying to solve the problem of packaging waste. “Best case, you put it in recycling. Worst case, it just goes in the garbage,” said Tiernan ...

Tuft the World is also bringing tufters to Philadelphia. The company hosted the first-ever tufting convention, TuftCon, last month at the Asian Arts Initiative center. The three-day event ...

For Eads, it automates the tufting process when making rugs. Eads is the cofounder and CEO of West Philly-based rug-making company Tuft the World. He and his wife Tiernan Alexander founded Tuft the ...