Sustainable Starbucks cup; an ecological idea
Mar 12, 2024 1:03:46 GMT -8
Post by account_disabled on Mar 12, 2024 1:03:46 GMT -8
Starbucks has a strong commitment to the environment, which is why it has decided to eliminate straws from its stores and also open sustainable branches.
These actions will result in reducing the France Mobile Number List amount of waste Starbucks throws away, however, it recently announced it would be doubling down on its commitment to sustainability by partnering with McDonald's to create a fully recyclable compostable cup.
Sustainable Starbucks cup
McDonald's and Starbucks cups are recyclable, but they are not disposed of correctly. That's why the coffee chain launched the NextGen Cup Challenge, which encouraged companies of any scale to contribute green cup ideas.
According to a Starbucks statement, the goal of the call was to “expand the boundaries of sustainable design and find innovative solutions for cups.”
Among the solutions that were selected was a group that created innovative cup liners (the polyethylene plastic liners in most takeaway coffees make them difficult to recycle); a second team focused on new materials (particularly plant-based substances that are fully compostable); and a third was intended to reinvent reusable cups.
About that third group, one company introduced a “returnable cup ecosystem” called CupClub that sounds a little like bike sharing.
There, Revolv suggested it as a platform where you can deposit your takeaway coffee, at a cleaning station when you're done.
The system is integrated with an application that helps you locate the nearest deposit point.
Another idea is reCup — an idea from Germany — where you rent a cup and return it to any participating partner store.
The business with the best idea will receive $1 million to fund development of the concept, working closely with Starbucks and McDonald's on a cup that will ultimately be used in their stores.
Starbucks waste
Starbucks plans to offer straws made from an alternative material, either paper or compostable plastic, to those who want them.
Starbucks waste must decrease but first all challenges must be resolved
When straws are thrown away, or come out of trash cans and into drains, they can become part of the 8 million tons of plastic trash that flows into the oceans each year. A straw could end up skewering a penguin's stomach, or breaking into pieces of microplastic that a fish could eat, and later, a person could consume by eating the fish or killing turtles .
It's worth mentioning that the amount of plastic is estimated to triple between 2015 and 2025. According to the nonprofit behind the shareholder resolution, As You Sow , Starbucks uses 2 billion plastic straws each year.
There is no doubt that the company is also working to increase access to recycling and composting.
Regarding sustainable stores, Starbucks wants at least 10,000 of its 28,000 branches to have the necessary requirements to be classified as sustainable.
The goal is also to recycle in each store, so since 2015 they have had a Grounds for Your Garden program in 1995, which offers customers containers of coffee grounds to fertilize the soil in their gardens.
These actions will result in reducing the France Mobile Number List amount of waste Starbucks throws away, however, it recently announced it would be doubling down on its commitment to sustainability by partnering with McDonald's to create a fully recyclable compostable cup.
Sustainable Starbucks cup
McDonald's and Starbucks cups are recyclable, but they are not disposed of correctly. That's why the coffee chain launched the NextGen Cup Challenge, which encouraged companies of any scale to contribute green cup ideas.
According to a Starbucks statement, the goal of the call was to “expand the boundaries of sustainable design and find innovative solutions for cups.”
Among the solutions that were selected was a group that created innovative cup liners (the polyethylene plastic liners in most takeaway coffees make them difficult to recycle); a second team focused on new materials (particularly plant-based substances that are fully compostable); and a third was intended to reinvent reusable cups.
About that third group, one company introduced a “returnable cup ecosystem” called CupClub that sounds a little like bike sharing.
There, Revolv suggested it as a platform where you can deposit your takeaway coffee, at a cleaning station when you're done.
The system is integrated with an application that helps you locate the nearest deposit point.
Another idea is reCup — an idea from Germany — where you rent a cup and return it to any participating partner store.
The business with the best idea will receive $1 million to fund development of the concept, working closely with Starbucks and McDonald's on a cup that will ultimately be used in their stores.
Starbucks waste
Starbucks plans to offer straws made from an alternative material, either paper or compostable plastic, to those who want them.
Starbucks waste must decrease but first all challenges must be resolved
When straws are thrown away, or come out of trash cans and into drains, they can become part of the 8 million tons of plastic trash that flows into the oceans each year. A straw could end up skewering a penguin's stomach, or breaking into pieces of microplastic that a fish could eat, and later, a person could consume by eating the fish or killing turtles .
It's worth mentioning that the amount of plastic is estimated to triple between 2015 and 2025. According to the nonprofit behind the shareholder resolution, As You Sow , Starbucks uses 2 billion plastic straws each year.
There is no doubt that the company is also working to increase access to recycling and composting.
Regarding sustainable stores, Starbucks wants at least 10,000 of its 28,000 branches to have the necessary requirements to be classified as sustainable.
The goal is also to recycle in each store, so since 2015 they have had a Grounds for Your Garden program in 1995, which offers customers containers of coffee grounds to fertilize the soil in their gardens.