Pepsi and Nestlé to Trial Reusable Containers in Effort to Ditch Plastic
This summer, a group of 25 big name brands including Pepsi, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble will test out a new program that sells products in reusable containers in an […]
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Would You Rent (and Return) a Coffee Mug to Reduce Waste?
At most coffee shops, if you bring in a reusable mug you might get a 10% discount on your mocha, or just a pat on the back. But Vessel Works […]
Are Zero-waste Grocery Stores Finally Starting to Matter?
Come the end of November, Brooklynites will be able to buy their food without adding any additional packaging waste to the world, when Precycle, the borough’s first-ever zero-waste grocery store, […]
Food Tech News Roundup: Apeel and JUST Expand Reach, Plus Plastic-Free 6-Packs
Greetings from the Good Food Conference in sunny Berkeley, California! While here I’ve bathed in the intoxicating enthusiasm and creativity of companies forging the future of meat. I’ve also eaten […]
Food Tech News: Bye Bye Plastic Bags, Hello Beer Hotels
This week was a bit of a whirlwind for food and kitchen news. And no, we’re not just talking about Snoop Dogg’s cookbook announcement. For all the stories we write […]
Starbucks to Eliminate Single-Use Plastic Straws
I was just at Disneyland this past weekend, where the temperature hovered around 100 degrees. That is a very fast way to get a very real sense of exactly how […]
The World is Reducing Plastic Straw Use — Will the U.S. Follow Suit?
Each year, Americans go through 380 billion single-use plastic bags. These bags can’t be recycled in your household bin; instead, you have to take them to special processing facilities, which […]
Can the Stircle Unseat Coffee Stirrers and Reduce Waste?
Consider the Stircle. A new invention that aims to reduce the amount of waste surrounding your morning cup of coffee by replacing those wasteful stirrers with a small machine that […]
In 2018, Seaweed Is The New Plastic
By 2050, some scientists predict that there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean. What is the answer to getting rid of plastic production was in the ocean too?
Cup Club Brews Up an IoT-Powered Solution to Coffee Cup Waste
One of the most famous songs from the old musical 70, Girls, 70 is a song called “Coffee in a Cardboard Cup,” where one character decries the use of to-go cups: “The […]
Alexa Skill ‘Waste Guru’ Aims to Cut Waste in Restaurants
Waste Guru tells you how to sort your trash and recyclables.
Sip & Snack? Meet The Edible Coffee Cup
While most of us experience a pang of guilt when consuming water from a plastic bottle, we don’t feel nearly as bad about drinking a cup of joe out of […]
