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Club Coffee Welcomes Ontario Government Support for Compostable Coffee Pods in Municipal Composting Systems

September 30th, 2020 by
Jeff Yurek

TORONTO, Sept. 30, 2020 – Club Coffee welcomes the Ontario government announcement that municipalities should now include certified compostable coffee pods in their food waste diversion programs under the province’s updated Food and Organic Waste Policy Statement. “Ontario government support for compostable coffee pods including Club Coffee’s PurPod100™ is a game-changer,” said Club Coffee CEO John Pigott. “We look forward to […]

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Club Coffee Enhances Its Consumer Recycling and Composting Information on Pack

July 16th, 2020 by

Club Coffee, the leader in plant-based compostable single-serve coffee pods, is implementing the How2Recycle and How2Compost label instructions on its packaging. It joins more than 250 North American industry leaders using the programs to give consumers clear messaging about where their packaging is designed to be discarded when they’re done using it. “From our first steps to a compostable […]

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Compostable Coffee Pods Recognized by Nature – Natural Science Research Publication

June 10th, 2020 by
Nature

Compostable coffee pods have just been recognized in Nature, the world’s most respected natural science research publication. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-65058-1 A study by researchers at the University of Tennessee’s main campus in Knoxville (UTK) assessed the environmental and economic performance of compostable coffee pods compared to plastic coffee pods. The UTK research team reported that compostable coffee […]

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Plastic Coffee Pods: Good, Bad, or Just Plain Ugly?

September 27th, 2019 by

What happens to your plastic coffee pods once they’re thrown away? They’re probably going straight to a landfill — even the ones labelled “recyclable”. Professor Calvin Lakhan of the Faculty of Environmental Studies at Toronto’s York University is one of Canada’s leading experts on our waste systems. His new study, Compostable vs. Plastic Coffee Pods: […]

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Solutions for single-use plastic pollution must consider all stakeholders

August 29th, 2019 by

The Canadian government recently announced it would be tackling the global pollution crisis with bans on single-use plastics. The details of the Canadian plan remain to be seen, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada would follow the lead of the European Union with their vote to ban items that often end up littered in […]

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