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Category Archives: circular economy
Examining sustainability risks in Indonesia-UK coffee supply chains
The global coffee industry faces a number of sustainability risks from price volatility, and supply of labour to climate change and changing prevalence of pests and disease. The challenges it faces are complex, with adjustments to supply chains shaped by … Continue reading
Posted in circular economy, coffee culture, Coffee Growing, Coffee industry, Economic Impact, Indonesia, research, Specialty Coffee, Sustainability
Tagged coffee farming, Coffee industry, design thinking, hackathon, Indonesia, Specialty Coffee, stakeholder dialogue, supply chain, Sustainability, UK
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New research summary published: The coffee shop industry and the circular economy
There are many different definitions of the circular economy, which at their core have the same thing in common: the reduction of waste, and the movement away from the linear economy which operates on a take-make-consume-throwaway model. Many have recognised … Continue reading
Posted in circular economy, Coffee, coffee culture, coffee cups, Disposable cups, Germany, Publications, Reports, research, Sustainability, UK
Tagged circular economy, coffee, coffee cups, coffee waste, Disposable cups, environment, environmental impact, Germany, linear economy, plastic waste, recycling, reuse, Specialty Coffee, Sustainability, UK
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From coffee grounds to grand designs – talking about coffee shops and the circular economy at the RGS conference
In London this week the Royal Geographical Society hosted its Annual Conference with an overarching theme of Geographies of trouble / geographies of hope. This year I presented some of my research in a session on Sustainablity, re-use and waste. … Continue reading
Centre for Business in Society White Paper: Seeking Sustainability in the Coffee Shop Industry: Innovations in the Circular Economy
Across many sectors and industries, efforts are being made to be more sustainable, reduce consumption of materials and energy, and in many cases engage in more circular economy practices – reusing materials to create new ones, in turn reducing the … Continue reading
Innovations in the circular economy: coffee grounds as a waste opportunity
In the UK around 95 million cups of coffee are consumed every day, which means it also produces a lot of coffee waste – around of 500,000 tonnes waste coffee grounds every year. Such amount of waste contributes to rising … Continue reading
The Cup Fund has launched – seeking new ideas for coffee cup recycling
Disposable coffee cups have recently been in the news again. This time it’s because of a new effort to try and increase coffee cup recycling – The Cup Fund –  a £1 million funding scheme to kick start some ideas … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, circular economy, coffee culture, coffee cups, Coffee industry, environment, Starbucks, Sustainability, UK
Tagged circular economy, coffee, coffee culture, coffee cups, Coffee Shops, disposable coffee cups, funding, hubbub, local recycling, PCRRG, recycling, Starbucks, Sustainability, UK
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New publication: From bean to cup and beyond: exploring ethical consumption and coffee shops
To finish off the year on the café spaces blog, a new article drawing on our research around the coffee shop industry and ethical consumption has been published in the Journal of Consumer Ethics. As part of a special issue … Continue reading
Innovations in recycling coffee cups: Coffee Notes
As part of my research project into the coffee shop industry and the circular economy I have been looking for examples of products that have been made from coffee shop waste. I recently came across Coffee Notes which are notebooks … Continue reading
Working together towards a circular economy: life beyond the cup of coffee
There are many different definitions of the circular economy, which at their core they have the same thing in common: the reduction of waste, and the movement away from a linear economy which operates on a take-make-consume-throwaway model (Ellen Macarthur … Continue reading →