The NextGen Consortium, convened by New York-based Closed Loop Partners, has announced the winners of the NextGen Cup Challenge, an open-sourced, global innovation challenge to redesign the fiber ...

In a new pilot, more than 30 restaurants—from Starbucks to local cafes—are testing to-go cups that will be cleaned and sent back to the restaurants for reuse. If you buy a latte from Starbucks in ...

People living and traveling through one northern California city are about to become guinea pigs for a project designed to reduce waste. The Reusable Cup Project is an initiative funded by the NextGen ...

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The numbers are staggering. According to one report, the world uses 500 billion plastic cups every year. It's estimated that 50 billion paper coffee cups are thrown away in the United States alone.

The Petaluma Reusable Cup Project from the NextGen Consortium, led by Closed Loop Partners' Center for the Circular Economy, was the first citywide program in the United States to offer reusable to-go ...

A trial reusable plastic cup program, involving national and local retailers alike, seeks to cut down on single-use plastics in one California town. More than 30 restaurants across Petaluma, Calif., ...

Downtown Petaluma is already decked out for the holidays. But something is missing: 60 strategically placed purple bins placed as part of a plan to reduce disposable cup waste. "Those purple bins all ...

Next month, more than 30 chain restaurants and locally owned coffee shops and eateries in Petaluma, California, will begin providing beverages in reusable cups by default as part of a ...

Starbucks has announced that consumers can start using their own reusable cups at U.S. locations – regardless of how they order. This means that whether you want to stop into a store, order at the ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Next month, more than 30 chain restaurants and locally owned coffee shops and ...