Initial figures on paper cup collection from the Square Mile Challenge cup recycling scheme in London suggest that the initiative was on course to meet its target of a half a million cups in the month of April. The first three weeks of the initiative saw 343,000 cups collected thanks to over 250 recycling points […]
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Recognizing that the fundamentals of coffee brewing are critically important to the coffee industry and the need to update the science of brewing, the Research Center of the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) is teaming up with the UC Davis Coffee Center to embark on a two-year project to re-evaluate the scientific assumptions, measurement tools, sensory
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The percentage of Americans drinking coffee on a daily basis increased to 62 per cent this year, up from 57 per cent in 2016, according to the National Coffee Association’s (NCA’s) 2017 National Coffee Drinking Trends (NCDT) consumption tracking report. The increase brings past-day overall coffee consumption back above 2014 levels, reversing slow declines since
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Workers in the City of London are being urged to use brand new recycling points established across the Square Mile as part of the UK’s biggest push to date to tackle the issue of disposable coffee cup recycling. The City of London Corporation, Network Rail, national coffee retailers and some of the Square Mile’s biggest
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illycaffè SpA, the well known Italian coffee company, has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as its 2017 World’s Most Ethical Company. illycaffè has now been recognized for five consecutive years, underscoring the company’s commitment to leading ethical business standards and practices. “Companies are the bricks and mortar of modern society and in order to
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Costa in the UK is launching a nationwide recycling scheme at more than 2,000 stores in order to recover and guarantee the recycling of its takeaway cups. Competitor takeaway cups will also be accepted by Costa in order to increase the number of cups recycled across the country. Customers will be encouraged to leave or
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As of January 2017, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), first established in 1982, and the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE), established in 1998, became one organization, following members’ vote last year to merge the associations. The unified organization, the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA), has launched a website to house information around key
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Cocoa producers adjusting to requirements for limits on levels of ochratoxin A, cadmium and PAHs in cocoa could soon find they have to respond to limits on mineral oils, alkalising agents and other substances. Speakers at recent conferences suggest that limits on substances such as mineral oil and alkalising agents might be introduced in due
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A campaign about the massive environmental issue associated with waste coffee cups and the need to ensure that they are recycled or are fully compostable is being fought out in the British media It has been estimated that every year in the UK, 2.5 billion coffee cups are thrown away and only one in 400
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Members of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) have voted in favour of unifying with the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE). 56 per cent of members of the SCAA voted, and of those voting 62 per cent voted in favour of unification. In July 2016, members of the SCAE also voted in favour
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