THE NEXTGEN CONSORTIUM
ACCELERATING THE CIRCULAR FUTURE OF FOODSERVICE PACKAGING
The Consortium brings leading brands, industry experts and innovators together to reimagine foodservice packaging, accelerating sustainable and circular solutions to reduce waste on a global scale.
The NextGen Consortium is a multi-year, global consortium that aims to address single-use foodservice packaging waste by advancing the design, commercialization and recovery of packaging alternatives. The Consortium works across the value chain––with brands, municipalities, material recovery facilities and manufacturers––to ensure we provide viable market solutions that scale throughout the supply chain and bring value to recovery systems.
Closing the Loop on Cups: Collective Action to Advance the Recovery of Paper Cups in the U.S.
This report focuses on paper cup recovery, assessing critical nodes of the paper cup recovery value chain to demonstrate how, together, key stakeholders can sustain a market for paper cup recycling.
Bringing Reusable Packaging Systems to Life: Lessons Learned from Scaling Reusable Cups
The report outlines key lessons learned and sharing a blueprint and open-source resource to encourage collaboration and the growth of reuse models.
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New Report from the NextGen Consortium Shares Path…
Insights include solutions for paper mills, material…
Reuse Series
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Debunking Durability: How Durable Does Reusable Packaging…
New reuse innovations are expanding what is possible,…
Reuse Series
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When Reusable Cups Reach End-of-Life: 5 Tips to Ensure…
The NextGen Consortium shares 5 tips to ensure reusable…
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How a South Carolina Paper Mill Started Recycling Your…
In July 2022, Sonoco announced it would accept paper…
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How AI Could Change the Way We Think About Recycling
Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy…
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Upstream and Closed Loop Partners Announce Finalists…
The Reusies: “The Oscars of the Reuse Movement”…
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From 480 Innovative Submissions to 12 Sustainable Solutions:…
Four key drivers have accelerated sustainable packaging…
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Starbucks and McDonald’s Deploy Additional $10…
The Consortium expands its work to advance reusable…
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$4.2M in Grants Awarded to Improve Polypropylene Curbside…
In less than one year, The Recycling Partnership’s…
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Seattle Starbucks Stores Go Even Greener This Earth…
Two-month borrow-and-return trial will run in five…
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The Recycling Partnership Announces Three Grants to…
Polypropylene Recycling Coalition brings total awards…
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Closed Loop Partners Releases Groundbreaking Report…
January 14, New York – Today, the Center for the Circular…
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NextGen Consortium Joins the Polypropylene Recycling…
NextGen Consortium brings its collective strength and…
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Two Georgia-Pacific Recycled Paper Mills Open Opportunities…
Georgia-Pacific announced today that it is now accepting…
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Starbucks Is Ready to Reintroduce Reusables Across…
Customers can safely use their reusable cups again…
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Bringing NextGen Cups to Market: It Takes a Village
Local cafes, cities and students joined the NextGen…
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Starbucks Tests a Greener Cup
Paper cup features liner made out of biodegradable…
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Starbucks Is Testing a New Cup. Here’s What’s…
The new version of the cup is still made from paper,…
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Starbucks Begins Trialling New NextGen Cup in London
The world’s first market trials will begin on the…
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The Journey to Innovate How We Drink on the Go: 2 Years…
This week, we hit a major milestone nearly two years…
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McDonald’s and Starbucks Back ‘Smart’…
The cities of San Francisco and Palo Alto are set to…
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Don’t Toss That Cup: McDonald’s and Starbucks Are…
Pilot programs in California that start this week will…
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NextGen Consortium Begins Piloting Sustainable Cup…
Local cafes join the Consortium’s efforts to advance…
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12 Winners of NextGen Cup Challenge Reimagining the…
Starbucks, McDonald’s and other industry leaders partner…
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Bringing the NextGen Cup to Life
From 480 innovative ideas, to live prototyping, to…
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McDonald’s and Starbucks Pour Millions Into Eco-Friendly…
Earlier this year, 44 per cent of Starbucks shareholders…
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Six Companies Graduate from the NextGen Circular Business…
The NextGen Consortium, a pre-competitive collaboration…
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How to Use Design Thinking to Advance Systemic Change,…
Amid burbling espresso machines and towering stacks…
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Will One of These 12 Visions Replace Today’s…
Some 600 billion new disposable cups each year swell…
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Starbucks Cups are Getting a Makeover — Here’s…
Your cup of java is changing its look and cleaning…
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