UK’s Costa Coffee, a part of Whitebread, has pledged to recycle over a half a billion takeaway cups per year by 2020, in a bid to prevent them from ending up in landfill. The coffee chain, which plans to recycle at least 100 million ...
Tags: Costa Coffee, Takeaway Cups
The UK Government has rejected a proposal from the Environment Audit Committee (EAC) to introduce a latte levy on disposable coffee cups. Earlier this year, the EAC has urged the government to charge 25p ‘latte levy’ on ...
Tags: Coffee Cups, reusable cup
Simply Innovative Products has signed multiple manufacturing supply agreements to produce its patented plastic disposable beverage lid for the company's subsidiary Simply Lids. The supply agreements involve the production of two injection ...
Tags: Beverage, disposable cups
Fundamental to Hapa’s innovative pack-printing technologies are partnerships with manufacturers of packaging lines. This year at K 2016, Hapa technology is exhibited in partnership with several companies printing on plastics and ...
Tags: pack-printin, packaging line
Waste campaigners in the UK are praising Starbucks' latest decision to offer a discount to customers who bring their own cup to the cafe. In Australia, it is estimated consumers use one billion disposable coffee cups each year, and ...
UK-based eco packaging specialist Biopac has developed a range of environment-friendly disposables for the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) in support of its new, 'Cafe Rating'. The SRA has launched a new cafe rating to improve ...
Tags: eco packaging, Cafe Rating, Agriculture
The use of paper cup has been increased to reduce the environmental hazards. The paper cup is made by cutting paper and lining it up with a plastic to prevent leakage and soaking. There are different types of paper cups available in the ...
World demand for cups and lids is projected to rise 5.0 percent per year to nearly $26 billion in 2017. Advances will be driven by above average gains for food and beverage packaging cups as well as a favorable outlook for global ...
Bunzl Catering Supplies has created a new style of lid for disposable coffee cups that aims to mimic the feel of sipping from a real cup. The new range of 'Sipsational' lids from Bunzl Catering Supplies have a curved rim which aims to ...
Tags: coffee cup, cup
Which is best for the environment: disposable coffee cups or ceramic mugs? Are you guilty of getting your daily caffeine hit out of a disposable cup? If you are, you probably don't want to know that a three-cup-a-day habit will create a ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, Ceramic Mugs