Nov 8, 2017 | HOT BEVERAGES, sustainability
Every hour, areas of tropical rainforest the size of 88 football pitches are cleared to make way for palm oil and other intensive forms of industrial agriculture – threatening the existence of native orangutans and farmers alike. But the Orang Utan Coffee Project is...
Oct 30, 2017 | sustainability
Huhtamaki has collaborated with 13 others from across the supply chain for disposable paper cups, to sign an agreement with the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE UK). The agreement will allow consumers to take their used cups to be recycled. ACE...
Feb 3, 2017 | SNACKS & CONFECTIONERY, sustainability
Thousands of tonnes of food that might otherwise have gone to waste could now become available for feeding the homeless, vulnerable and needy in society following an agreement between the British Sandwich & Food to Go Association (BSA) and Government agencies....
Jan 11, 2017 | CUPS, sustainability
Simply Cups, the UK’s only workable cup recycling scheme, has entered into a relationship with Smart Planet Technologies (SPT) to recover and recycle the ground-breaking ‘reCUP’ hot beverage paper cup that can be recycled at traditional paper mills. The reCUP looks...
Nov 28, 2016 | CUPS, sustainability
UK waste collection company Simply Waste Solutions will now collect and supply used cups to the ACE UK recycling facility. Simply Waste, the logistics arm of the Simply Cups paper cup recycling scheme. ACE UK, which represents leading UK carton manufacturers, has...
Jul 28, 2016 | CUPS, sustainability
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s War on Waste campaign hit the headlines in April, exposing how many paper cups are used in the UK and how few are being recycled. This, together with subsequent media storm, has highlighted the systemic failures in our current approach to...
