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/PRNewswire/ -- To help advance the goal of sustainably sourcing 100% of its customer-facing packaging by 2026, Wendys is announcing a new collaboration with...

Wendy's is introducing new cups to its North American restaurants that contain more recycled plastic.

How Yum Brands Will Reduce Emissions 50% by 2030 (Credit: Pixabay) Yum Brands, parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell, today announced it will decrease its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 46% by 2030 in partnership with its franchisees, suppliers, and producers. The company also pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The science-based targets (SBTs) are consistent with reductions required to keep warming to 1.5 ºC and have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative....

Share This The FINANCIAL -- Two-month borrow-and-return trial will run in five Seattle stores as part of Starbucks ongoing commitment to reducing single use cup waste and goal to reduce waste by 50% by 2030, Starbucks notes. Trial program allows customers to order their beverage in a reusable cup, each replacing up to 30 disposable cups. Company partners with Seattle-area service, Ridwell, to offer customers an at-home option to return their borrowed cup. The Starbucks cup is iconic. And whi...

Starbucks launches Borrow A Cup trial with reusable cups for Earth Month. Heres how it works Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY © Starbucks Starbucks is testing the "Borrow A Cup" program in five Seattle locations. More than a year after Starbucks stopped allowing consumers to bring in reusable cups in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the coffee giant said Tuesday that it is looking to go greener. Popular Searches No, you cant bring your own cup back in yet, but Starbucks announ...

Getty Images Feb 17, 2021 NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Center for the Circular Economy at Closed Loop Partners announces the nine winners of the Beyond the Bag Challenge: ChicoBag, Domtar, Eon, Fill it Forward, GOATOTE, PlasticFri, Returnity, SmartC and Sway. The winning solutions fall into three categories: Reuse and Refill; Enabling Technology; and Innovative Materials. Their work ranges from reusable packaging systems, to technology that incentivizes con...

December 8, 2020 Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) has made all of its K-Cup pods recyclable and added the How2Recycle label that communicates recycling instructions to consumers. Part of a longstanding sustainability commitment, the brand converted more than 100 manufacturing lines to produce the pods now made from polypropylene. KDP produces approximately 80 per cent of the coffee pods… TO CONTINUE READING, PLEASE SUBSCRIBE OR LOGIN

BURLINGTON, Mass. and PLANO, Texas -- Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) announced that it has successfully achieved one of its longstanding sustainability commitments – all of the K-Cup® pods the Company produces are now recyclable.   The extensive effort involved converting more than 100 manufacturing lines to produce the pods now made from polypropylene #5 plastic.  In addition, new packaging for the recyclable K-Cup pods features a green recyclable flag as well as the industry-respect...