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Beverage Industry Leaders Get Recycling ‘B-‘
ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER – Nestlé Waters North America, PepsiCo and the Coca‐Cola Company have all received a “B‐” letter grade for their recycling efforts in a new report, which criticized the beverage industry’s pace in improving … MORE
Why Bottle Recycling in the U.S. Is Still Just a Drop in the Bucket
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Want Increased Recycling? Bottling Companies Pass the Buck to Government
TRIPLE PUNDIT – Well maybe not a buck, but a nickel or dime, depending on the value of local cash redemption values. As You Sow, a corporate accountability and corporate social responsibility advocacy group, recently released its third beverage container recycling scorecard report.
Plastic Solutions from the Producers
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Major Beverage Companies Open To EPR, Study Finds
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RELEASE: Procter & Gamble Shareholders Vote on Producer Responsibility Resolution
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RELEASE: $11.4 Billion in Recyclable Materials Landfilled Every Year, New Report Finds
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RELEASE: Shareholders Ask Kraft Foods to Increase Recycling, Reduce Carbon Pollution, and Save Millions with Better Packaging
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RELEASE: McDonald’s to Test Replacing Foam Cups with Paper in 2,000 Restaurants
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Companies Are Removing Oil From Their Products to Cut Costs
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U.S. Wastes $11.4 Billion a Year By Throwing Away Recyclables
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Why is America Throwing Away $11.4 Billion a Year?
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McDonald’s Launches Pilot Program to Drop Polystyrene Coffee Cups
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McDonald’s Testing Paper Cups for Hot Drinks
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McDonald’s Testing Eco-Friendlier Coffee Cups
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Starbucks Downsizes Goal for Reusable Cups
THE SEATTLE TIMES – The coffee colossus no longer aims to get 25 percent of drinks served in ceramic mugs or customers’ tumbler. (…) Starbucks makes no small plans, but occasionally one of its endeavors … MORE
Extended Producer Responsibility
Make It, Take It! Background Humanity is overshooting Earth’s ecological limits, consuming resources and generating waste at an unsustainable rate. Packaging materials are valuable resources, yet at least 43 million tons of plastic, glass, metal, … MORE
Dunkin Donuts – Consumer Packaging – 2013
As You Sow has engaged in dialogue with Dunkin’ Donuts about reducing consumer packaging waste.
Dunkin’ Donuts
Dunkin’ Donuts is an American global doughnut company and coffeehouse chain. Dunkin’ Donuts to Remove Nanomaterials from Powdered Donuts As You Sow Withdraws Shareholder Proposal on Nanomaterials Use Following Dunkin’s Commitment Dunkin’ Brands, the parent … MORE
Whole Foods
Whole Foods Market has a reputation for caring about corporate social responsibility especially in regard to packaging. It encourages offers a nickel credit for customers who bring in their own bags, offers items in bulk … MORE
General Mills – Consumer Packaging – 2011
Shareowners of General Mills request that the board of directors issue a report at reasonable cost, omitting confidential information, by February 1, 2012 assessing the feasibility of adopting a policy of Extended Producer Responsibility for … MORE
General Mills – Consumer Packaging – 2013
Shareowners of General Mills request that the board of directors issue a report, at reasonable cost and omitting confidential information, addressing company responsibility for post‐consumer product packaging and a plan for developing and participating in … MORE
Product Stewardship Institute
The Product Stewardship Institute promotes EPR and product stewardship policies by providing information and working to build consensus among stakeholders.
National Recycling Coalition
The National Recycling Coalition is a coalition of organizations, NGOs, professional recyclers, and the beverage industry.
Container Recycling Institute
The Container Recycling Institute studies and promotes policies and programs that increase recovery and recycling of beverage containers, and shift the social and environmental costs associated with manufacturing, recycling, and disposal of container and packaging … MORE
Clean Water Action
Clean Water Action works on a variety of water quality issues, including the impact of post-consumer packaging waste on waterways and wildlife.
California Product Stewardship Council
CPSC is focused on shifting California’s waste management system from government and taxpayer funding to producer funded models, especially through promoting new state legislation.
Yum! Brands
YUM! Brands is the world’s largest restaurant company. It operates or licenses major fast-food chains including Taco Bell, KFC, and Pizza Hut. It has 38,000 restaurant locations worldwide in more than 120 countries and global … MORE
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
P&G is the world’s largest maker of consumer packaged goods, operating in more than 180 countries. SHAREHOLDERS REPRESENTING $35BN PRESS PROCTER & GAMBLE FOR RECYCLABLE PACKAGING Company Also Commits to 90% Recyclable Packaging by 2020 … MORE
Mondelēz International
Asserting that unrecyclable packaging wastes resources and contributes to the growing pollution of world oceans, our 2014 shareholder resolution asking Mondelez International to assess the risks on unrecyclable brand packaging received 28.4% shareholder support representing … MORE
General Mills
General Mills, Inc. is an American Fortune 500 corporation that produces food products. As You Sow has engaged with General Mills on issues related to recyclable packaging, GMOs, and pollinator protection. As You Sow Applauds … MORE
RELEASE: Dunkin’ Donuts Moves to More Sustainable Coffee Cups
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Dunkin’ Donuts Paper Cups and Gluten-Free Donuts Coming Soon
MOTHER NATURE NETWORK – June 21, 2013 – Over the course of the next few years, fans of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee won’t have to feel guilty about having their morning cup of Joe in an … MORE
Dunkin’ Donuts is Going Green
QSR – June 20, 2013 – Dunkin’ Donuts is throwing out its foam coffee cups. Dunkin’ Brands Group, parent company of Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robins, announced in its corporate social responsibility (CSR) report that … MORE
U.S. Packaging Recycling Would Benefit From Extended Producer Responsibility
WASTE MANAGEMENT WORLD – June 4, 2013 – In those countries which have implemented them, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs for packaging have increased packaging recycling rates and could provide an effective policy for the … MORE
Kraft Foods – Consumer Packaging – 2012
In 2012, we filed a proposal asking Kraft Foods (now known as Mondelez International) to explore the feasibility of adopting an EPR policy for post-consumer product packaging. A quarter of investors supported our resolution, a … MORE
You See Garbage, I See Value: Let’s Make Recycling a Business a No-Brainer
GOOD MAGAZINE- March 7, 2013 – Did you know that only 34 percent of municipal solid waste is recycled in the U.S.? That’s because recycling programs are inconsistent and vary in quality across the country.
Colgate-Palmolive – Consumer Packaging – 2012
Our 2012 shareholder resolution with Colgate-Palmolive requested they explore the feasibility of adopting an EPR policy for post-consumer product packaging as a means of reducing carbon emissions and air and water pollution resulting from the … MORE
At Starbucks: Paper or Plastic?
USA TODAY – January 3, 2013 – Amid public pressure to curb trash from disposable cups, Starbucks is rolling out a novel possible solution today: a $1 reusable tumbler.
