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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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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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Club Coffee Welcomes Ontario’s Commitment to Support Compostable Product Innovation

June 20th, 2019 by
Compostable

New Ontario Working Group Expected to Recommend How to Accept Compostable Coffee Pods and Other Innovations in Ontario Green Bins Toronto, June 20, 2019 — Club Coffee, the leader in plant-based, compostable single serve coffee pods, saluted the Ontario government decision to move rapidly so compostable coffee pods will be accepted in all Ontario green […]

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Tackling the Single-Use Plastics Crisis One Compostable Coffee Pod at a Time

June 20th, 2019 by

Published in: National Post Circular Economy Special Insert —————————————————————————– Single-use plastics are now seen as a global crisis. Less than 10 percent of them are recycled. The rest are sent to landfills, dumped into lakes and oceans, burned for energy with its own environmental implications, or shipped to countries like the Philippines that are now pushing […]

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