Faculty and staff argue that single-serve coffee systems go against LMU’s campus wide goal of sustainability. Faculty and staff at LMU are pushing the University to ban single-serve coffee systems such as Keurig and Nespresso. Other recycling programs like TerraCycle’s Waste Box can cost $70 to $118, and the process of burning the returned cups for fuel is not an ideal solution, according to
NPR. Keurig does not currently offer a recycling for individual Keurig use.
Corporate sustainability – a strategy that takes into account how a business operates in ethical, social, environmental,
cultural, and economic realms – can have a positive ripple effect on the environment, the economy, and our communities. If you’re unsure what to do with items you’d like to discard, check out
TerraCycle, which helps you recycle almost any type of waste.
A campanha, organizada pela biblioteca do Mestrado Profissional em Gestão Ambiental (MPGA) em parceria com a empresa Terra Cycle, ocorre em todos os campi do IFPE
Our environment will soon be stressed beyond capacity. Almost 10 billion people will be living on Earth by 2050. Global GDP is set to quadruple. Earth Overshoot Day, typically in August, is a shocking reminder that we have taken more from the planet than it can renew. Produced in collaboration with recycling company TerraCycle and waste management firm Suez, the bottle brought an industry innovation to market. It is leading the way in the conversion of packaging to Post-Consumer Recyclate (PCR).
