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In the age of sustainability, it’s important that we question every detail of our processes and be willing and open-minded enough to adjust them. As part of that ideology, I’ve seen organisations and environmental consultancies around the globe embrace Life Cycle Assessments in order to make sure that their large-scale systems are optimised, but what does it actually mean for you and me? Well, one interpretation is that it means asking what toilet paper we should buy, which reusable bag material is the least harmful, and what is the most efficient way to make a cup of coffee. It’s the...

If there are 86,400 seconds in a day, and 161 million coffee capsules (or pods, whichever you prefer) are thrown away daily, then every single second, there are 1,870 people making a decision about what to do with that waste right now. In their hand, they hold an aluminium capsule about 6㎠ in size, containing between 5 and 10 grams of used coffee. That capsule is the focus of this article because whilst it may seem a small and inconsequential piece of rubbish, it was actually the catalyst for Halo to launch a truly sustainable alternative.  Back to the story,...

Slang, jargon, lingo, vernacular, parlance, or terminology. Why is it that the words we use in the world of sustainability come under such scrutiny? Often, a word we perceive to mean one thing can actually mean something very different. Even the word sustainability is loaded with various meanings and associations depending on how and when it is used.   I’ve seen industry professionals argue against using the terms sustainability and sustainable because to some these words mean ‘trying your best to do the right thing’, whereas to others they mean ‘effective management of finite resources’, and to others, they just signify...

We believe that coffee is one of the finest delicacies the world can offer and whether you have it at home or get it on the go there’s always a great cup of coffee to be had. However, we also understand that coffee consumption can have a huge environmental impact. As part of our attempts to understand just what we can do to reduce our emissions, we did a little research into some of the ways coffee affects the environment and what the UK is doing about it. Coffee pods 30% of Britons own a coffee pod machine – perfect...