Plastic Coffee Pods: Good, Bad, or Just Plain Ugly?
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.
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Club Coffee’s PURPOD100® Featured in Clean Innovation Stories by the Smart Prosperity Leaders’ Initiative
Smart Prosperity Leaders’ Initiative has selected PURPOD100® as one of their Clean Innovation Success Stories. PURPOD100® has brought Canadian clean innovation to the global doorstep within the coffee industry. PURPOD100®, the world’s first certified compostable coffee pod, marks a commitment by Club Coffee to continually innovate to accelerate Canada’s clean growth initiative.
PURPOD100® Featured in Special PAC Connect Insert in Canadian Packaging Magazine
The Canadian Packaging Magazine recently focused on packaging innovations that are helping to address the environmental concerns over the use of single-serve coffee pods. A number of single serve coffee manufacturers were invited to contribute to the piece, including compostable and recyclable eco-options.
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Rainforest Alliance and UTZ Merged
Rainforest Alliance and UTZ have formally merged into a new organization that carries forth the Rainforest Alliance name. The new Rainforest Alliance has a bold and ambitious goal: to accelerate and scale up our work to tackle today’s most urgent challenges: climate change, social inequity, rural poverty, and biodiversity loss. Both organizations have driven enormous
Club Coffee in Support of Grounds For Health
It’s been a very good year for Club Coffee. Our company commitment to innovation is extending to how we mark the holiday season. This year, we are supporting Grounds for Health (www.groundsforhealth.org). The reasons are simple. >> Women are the heart of coffee production worldwide, doing at least 70% of the picking, sorting and harvesting.
PURPOD100® receives Gold in Sustainable Packaging Category at the PAC Canadian Leadership Awards 2017
Make more space on that trophy shelf, Club Coffee. PURPOD100® has earned yet another major award for Club Coffee – a Gold in the Sustainable Packaging category at the PAC Canadian Leadership Awards on May 2nd.
Club Coffee’s PURPOD100® Finalist in PwC’s Vision to Reality Innovator of the Year Award
PwC Canada announced the list of finalists for the 2017 Vision to Reality (V2R): Innovator of the Year Award. This year’s award program was open to organizations of all sizes, industries and sectors whose innovative ideas have added value to people, business or society.
Happy Earth Day from all of us at PURPOD100®
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Canada’s National Zero Waste Council Features PURPOD100®
Club Coffee’s PURPOD100® added to the National Zero Waste Council’s Featured Products List About the National Zero Waste Council Product Features The National Zero Waste Council has created a portfolio of Canadian products which take the entire lifecycle into account during design. These products are moving us towards a circular economy by minimizing waste.
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PURPOD100® Top 10 Most Innovative Products on B.C Shelves – Vancouver Sun
At last weekend’s Grocery & Specialty Food West exhibition at Vancouver Convention Centre, a panel of local food experts announced the Top 10 Most Innovative Products on B.C. the shelves of B.C. grocery stories. Ethical Bean was top of list featuring PURPOD100®.
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Boyd’s Coffee Launches Compostable Coffee Pod, Features In Retail
PORTLAND, ORE. – March 13, 2017 – Boyd Coffee Company, the oldest family-owned coffee company in the Pacific Northwest, is proud to launch the first certified compostable, single serve coffee pod available in grocers throughout the West Coast. The soft pouch generates less waste than the leading portion packs, while delivering a fresh coffee aroma and
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