How Sustainable Are Reusable Cups? A New Tool Aims to Find Out

Imagine you have just finished a delicious to-go meal or morning coffee, or used the last drop of moisturizer. Without thinking too hard, you may be ready to toss another container into the trash, adding to the 82 million tons of packaging waste generated in the U.S. each year. But have you ever wondered where that container came from, and where it’s going next?

We did.

Closed Loop Partners’ Center for Circular Economy teamed up with the Columbia Climate School’s Research Program on Sustainability Policy & Management to build a novel tool to rigorously assess the carbon emissions and cost implications of a wide range of single-use and reusable packaging designs.

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