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Tag Archives: Sustainability
International Coffee Day 2019: Celebrating coffee and considering global coffee challenges
1st October is International Coffee Day. This event is designed to both celebrate coffee and recognise the millions of people from across the globe that are involved in maintaining and developing the coffee industry from the farmers to baristas and … Continue reading
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
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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Birmingham Coffee Festival highlights
A slightly delayed post that I have been meaning to write for a while about the Birmingham Coffee Festival that was held back in June. Last year saw the first coffee festival held in the Custard Factory in Birmingham, and this … Continue reading
How to make your coffee shop more sustainable – an infographic
One of the areas of the coffee and coffee shop industries I am interested in is sustainability and how different businesses approach it. Espresso Works, a coffee equipment business based on Australia has recently produced an infographic exploring some of … Continue reading
New publication: Fostering sustainable behaviour in retail – looking beyond the coffee cup
The environmental issues associated with disposable coffee cups has become the focus of attention for many businesses, government, the media and the public. I have written about the issue on the cafespaces blog a number of times too, but more … Continue reading
Posted in circular economy, Coffee, coffee culture, Coffee industry, Consumers, Publications, research
Tagged business, Centre for Business in Society, coffee cups, Coffee grounds, design, disposable coffee cups, Journal article, research, retail, Social Business, Sustainability, sustainable behaviour, waste
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Rise of the reusables: steps towards sustainability in coffee cup use
It is estimated that around 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups are thrown away in the UK, or around 5,000 every minute. In 2017 the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee launched an inquiry to explore the scale of the issue … Continue reading
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Tagged circular economy, coffee, coffee cups, Coffee Shops, cup club, Freiburg cup, KeepCup, Paper Cup Recycling, plastic, RCup, recycling, SolCup, Sustainability, waste
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The London Coffee Festival 2018: Highlights
From 12th-15th April, the Old Truman Brewery in Shoreditch hosts the London Coffee Festival. I had originally expected not to attend this year due to our new arrival, but in a last minute change of plans decided to go with … Continue reading
Posted in Cafe Culture, circular economy, Coffee, coffee culture, Coffee industry, Consumers, Festivals, General, UK
Tagged cake, Cakesmiths, coffee, Ecoffee Cup, Girls who grind coffee, KeepCup, London, London coffee festival, Lotus, packaging, Paper Cup Recycling, RCup, Redemption roasters, research, Roasters, simply cups, Sol Cup, Specialty Coffee, Sustainability, Thermacup
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Considering the future of coffee – ICO launches ‘Coffee Development Report 2019’
Much of the recent discussion in the mainstream media related to coffee has been about the ‘coffee crisis’, the historic low of coffee prices, and the impact this is having on the livelihoods of coffee farmers around the world (Alameida, … Continue reading →