The founders brought seasoned manufacturing expertise to supply chain management during the pandemic—building PPE manufacturing facilities, connecting buyers, sellers, and distributors to brands across the global PPE industry.

We eventually opened Respire USA's home base in Massachusetts, began production of eco-friendly disposable facemasks and became a certified PPE seller on Amazon. From day one, we created a lifestyle blog—because manufacturing products was only part of the mission. We wrote about eco-living, waste, reuse, recycling, sustainability and environmental impact.

We spent months personally visiting health departments, veterinary clinics, pediatric centers, and long-term care facilities across Massachusetts donating PPE and building relationships within our local communities and meeting people doing incredible work.

Through all of this, we saw something important: good organizations doing great work but operating in silos. The public wants to support local impact but doesn't know how to connect.

That's when we evolved. We moved to OEM manufacturing to reduce our own footprint—practicing what we preach. We created Eddie & Edie, two turtle siblings (what better mascots to represent sustainability?) who guide people through educational content and honest takes on sustainable living. And we started building Eco Quest, a 10-year concept that finally brings all the pieces together.

Launching Summer 2026, Eco Quest is a gamified discovery platform where explorers complete monthly themed quests to discover vetted sustainable brands and nonprofits. It's free to play. It's fun. And every quest completed helps fund real environmental action—trash pickups, ocean cleanups, recycling programs, and rotating impact partners doing transformative work.

Nonprofits participate free. Always. Brands choose partnership levels that work for them. Explorers get rewarded for discovery. And we pledge 10% to go to environmental impact.

We bring something unique to this space: we know manufacturing.
We know what sustainability actually looks like
—and what greenwashing looks like.

That means when Eco Quest connects you with an organization, you can trust it's the real deal.

Respire USA started because we saw good people doing great work in isolation.

Eco Quest exists to change that.

Ready to explore? Eddie & Edie will meet you at the starting line. 🐢🌿