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Starbucks Plans To Turn Its Chicago Coffee Cups Into Napkins
SEATTLE TIMES – Jun. 28, 2010 – Starbucks is finding new ways to use the 3 billion paper cups its customers use each year, even in cities where recycling is not popular or mandated.
RELEASE: As You Sow Applauds PepsiCo’s Commitment To Increase Recycling Using Dream Machine Kiosks
AS YOU SOW RELEASE – April 22, 2010 – PepsiCo announced today it will place bottle and can recycling machines in thousands of public spaces, a move prompted as part of a response to a … MORE
Pepsico Uncaps Bottle Recycling Plan, Starbucks Still Brewing
GREENBIZ – Mar. 26, 2010 – PepsiCo announced several environmental goals this week, including a commitment to increase its beverage container recycling rate in the U.S. to 50 percent by 2018.
Drilling Unleashes Backlash
WALL STREET JOURNAL – Jan. 21, 2010 – A mounting backlash against a technique used in natural-gas drilling is threatening to slow development of the huge gas fields that some hope will reduce U.S. dependence … MORE
Apple Refuses To Step Up Sustainability Reporting
FAST COMPANY – Jan. 14, 2010 – After a years of being the loser, Apple is now a leader when it comes to green manufacturing. Last year, the company became the first electronics maker to … MORE
Waste & Opportunity: U.S. Beverage Container Recycling Scorecard and Report
The 2008 Waste and Opportunity Report is based primarily on responses to As You Sow’s Beverage Container Recycling Survey, which was sent to 23 beverage companies and on publicly available information from websites and corporate social responsibility reports. Seven companies responded to the survey. MORE
Waste & Opportunity: U.S. Beverage Container Recycling Scorecard and Report
This report identifies efforts by beverage producers to use more recycled content in their containers, to increase recovery and recycling, and to reduce material use. Twelve leading beverage companies received the survey and five companies responded to the survey. All twelve companies were evaluated by using publicly available information from websites and annual reports, and on the basis of survey responses. MORE
