The National Coffee Association U.S.A is proud to name Grounds For Health as the first-ever recipient of the NCA Origin Charity of the Year Award. The new NCA Origin Charity of the Year Award aims to bring a spotlight on the organizations working in coffee communities around the world to help those farmers who are…
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PurPod100 Featured in a Special PAC Connect Insert in Canadian Packaging Magazine
The Canadian Packaging Magazine recently focused on packaging innovations that are helping to address the environmental concerns over the use of single-serve coffee pods. A number of single serve coffee manufacturers were invited to contribute to the piece, including compostable and recyclable eco-options. Mary Del Ciancio, from the Canadian Packaging Magazine, commented on the PurPod100: “This is…
Rainforest Alliance and UTZ Merged
Rainforest Alliance and UTZ have formally merged into a new organization that carries forth the Rainforest Alliance name. The new Rainforest Alliance has a bold and ambitious goal: to accelerate and scale up our work to tackle today’s most urgent challenges: climate change, social inequity, rural poverty, and biodiversity loss. Both organizations have driven enormous…
Club Coffee and PurPod100 Sponsors USCC’s Compost 2018
From Workshops to tours, from new product innovations to equipment demonstrations, Compost 2018 has it. Club Coffee and PurPod100 are proud to sponsor an event that continually strives to increase the visibility of composting for everyone….
Trend Watch – Single Serve Coffee – Store Brands Magazine
Angelo Campanella, VP of US Channel Development, Club Coffee, speaks about the trends in the Single Serve Coffee Segment. Key Trends Include – Offer consumer pods that brew as well or better than drip coffee makers – Focus on sustainability as much of the concern around single serve coffee is the waste associated with it…
Club Coffee in Support of Grounds For Health
It’s been a very good year for Club Coffee. Our company commitment to innovation is extending to how we mark the holiday season. This year, we are supporting Grounds for Health (www.groundsforhealth.org). The reasons are simple. > Women are the heart of coffee production worldwide, doing at least 70% of the picking, sorting and harvesting….
Compostable Coffee Pods Featured on TV Show Made by Destruction
TORONTO, ON – December 1, 2017 – Club Coffee’s PurPod100™ will be profiled on a new episode of “Made by Destruction.” The episode will appear: Monday, December 4 at 8:30 pm on Discovery Canada The segment on PurPod100™ will center on the production of the pod’s unique compostable ring that is used by leading coffee…
World-leading Compostable Coffee Pods Approved for Seattle Food Waste Collection
SEATTLE, WA/ TORONTO, ON/VANCOUVER BC – November 28, 2017 – Seattle-area residents can now compost single serve coffee pods in the PurPod100™ format with the rest of their food waste. Composting leader Cedar Grove has approved all coffee pods made using the certified 100% compostable PurPod100™ innovation as the first (and only for now) to…
Reducing Waste One Pod At A Time Act Passed Second Reading
MPP Norm Miller’s Private Members Bill, the Reducing Waste One Pod at a Time Act, passed second reading today with support from all three parties. He introduced Bill 173 in order to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill by requiring all single-serve coffee pods sold in Ontario to be certified compostable. “It is…
RISE 2017 Innovation Award
PurPod100 wins the RISE 2017 Innovation Award for it’s 100% Compostable Single Serve Pod – Congratulations everyone!!! Read more about the Rise 2017 Innovation Award: http://www.inda.org/awards/rise-innovation-award.html Read more on the PurPod100 at: www.purpod100.com…