The extremism just doesn’t seem to stop out on the West Coast as California is now taking recycling to a whole new level with a new law that becomes effective next year. Earlier this month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 827, which was referred to as the “Green Restaurants Bill”. The mandate…
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The staple Styrofoam cup will soon be a thing of the past in the Dunkin’ world. As of last May, Dunkin’ Brands removed foam cups from all New York City and California locations. Stores in Hawaii are in the midst of replacing foam cups too, with the brand planning for all of its 12,500 stores…
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Ask most any Dunkin’ Donuts customer and they will tell you they love the brand’s iconic foam coffee cup and spill-saver lid. But time is running out on the foam cup. As more and more cities and states implement bans on Styrofoam, Dunkin’ Brands is pushing hard for a replacement that will keep coffee hot…
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The styrofoam ban in Brookline, Massachusetts will officially take effect on January 1, 2014. Dunkin’ shops within the Boston bedroom suburb have already begun using an alternative cup developed by Dunkin’ in their efforts to find an environmentally friendly alternative to its iconic polystyrene cup. Ironically, in local press reports, Brookline Health Chief Alan Balsam…
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In anticipation of the ban on polystyrene ban that will take effect on December 1, 2013, Dunkin’ Donuts shops in Brookline, Massachusetts began using a double-walled paper cup at all 5 Brookline locations. The Boston Globe and New England Cable News both have stories on the issue.
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QSR Magazine reports that Starbucks’ ambitious goal to have 100 percent of its cups be reusable or recyclable by 2015 may have just gotten much easier. The company announced a successful test with paper cup manufacturer International Paper and pulp mill Mississippi River Pulp that used recycled cups from stores to create new cups.
Read More »The Memphis Business Journal reports that a six-week pilot program completed by Starbucks Coffee Co., International Paper Co. and other partners shows that it is possible to recycle Starbucks’ coffee cups into new paper cups.
Read More »USA Today reports that Starbucks has started a nine-week pilot program in New York City to test the recycling of its paper cups, which total about 3 billion each year company-wide, GreenBiz reports. It began placing recycling bins for the cups (not the sleeves, lids or other packaging pieces) at 86 locations in mid-September. “We are…
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