June 24th & 25th Meeting:
Closing the Loop on Fast Food Packaging: Planning NYC Trials

June 24th & 25th– Please join Global Green USA on June 24th & 25th to participate in the development of a pilot to close the loop on fast food packaging. Attendance is limited to company representatives and invited guests. Pre-registration required.

Starbucks' Cup Summit: Does the Cost of Recycling Runneth Over?
May 15, 2009 – Founder’s Circle member, Starbucks, held a ‘Cup Summit’ last week, to align on how to reach its goal of Starbucks Cups being recyclable or compostable by 2012. The article, written by Global Green Board Chair, Scott Seydel, describes the summit and plans for a recycling pilot to be held in Manhattan as part of CoRR.

Recycling Fiber-Based Hot Cups with OCC:
Initial Bench Top Research Shows Promising Results
May 12, 2009 – Western Michigan University’s Coating and Recycling Pilot Plant performed initial bench top research on two brands of hot cups mimicking the Fibre Box Association’s protocol for treated corrugated. Through WMU’s experience, it appears that cups could be designed for repulpability that could be integrated within corrugated cardboard or mixed waste paper streams.