Waste reduction

Zero Waste through Material Management

Setting a goal of Zero Waste must start somewhere. The City of Fort Collins started at 50% and made a compelling business case on taking it further by estimating $6.5M worth of valuable resources thrown away every year in Fort Collins alone (Zero Waste Associates, 2013). As the City of Fort Collins, the first step is identifying a goal and then establish a plan on how to reach that goal.

Festivals replace 2 million disposable plastic jars with a new, sustainable alternative

Festival guests will for the first time consume ice-cold draft beer from sustainable and recyclable plastic glasses. The Danish festivals Northside, Tinderbox, Roskilde and GRØN are introducing a new greener alternative.

Combining great beer with food waste reduction

Guests visiting the Danish sushi restaurant Sticks’n’Sushi can now enjoy a great beer on the side with good conscience, as the served beer, due to a new partnership, is now based on surplus rice that normally would we wasted.