Grind launches the Better Coffee Foundation®
Sustainability is at the core of everything we do at Grind, so now we’re excited to take this to the next level with the launch of our charitable Foundation, the Better Coffee Foundation®; set up to begin reversing some of the damage caused by the wider coffee industry.
Sustainability is at the core of everything we do at Grind, so now we’re excited to take this to the next level with the launch of our charitable Foundation, the Better Coffee Foundation®; set up to begin reversing some of the damage caused by the wider coffee industry.
The first in the UK to be certified home-compostable, our coffee pods are an alternative to the billions of plastic and aluminium pods that end up in landfill. But, we realise there’s more we can do for the planet. So, we’ve launched the Foundation’s first ongoing initiative, working to clean up the waste left by the single-use coffee pods produced by other coffee companies.
Through donations from Grind, to the Better Coffee Foundation® we're committed to removing two coffee pods' worth of plastic from the ocean for every Grind pod sold.* Right now, that’s equal to us removing more than 100,000 plastic pods from the ocean every day.
How do we do it?
Rainwater, wind and floods carry plastic waste from the land into the oceans. Grind has partnered with CleanHub to collect plastic waste before it can enter our oceans.
Grind is funding the recovery of plastic in communities in Kerala, South West India through education, recycling incentives, ocean beach cleanups and improved recycling infrastructure.
Our Impact so far…
177,749kg of plastic collected directly from households and businesses in coastal regions
154,07kg of Non-recyclable plastic separated from recyclable plastic
58,129kg Non-recyclable plastics are used as a fuel source
