My name is Gabby, I’m the Programs Manager at Binners’ Project. I work at the Binners’ Project on the business side of things and spend a lot of time tracking our environmental and social impacts.
All that to say - I’m pleased to be sharing the official results of Monday’s Coffee Cup Revolution. Even though it rained non-stop, we had another record-breaking year! Here’s the full scoop:
None of this would have been possible without the support of our sponsoring partners - listed below - many of whom support the CCR or the Binners’ Project on an on-going basis. We’re tremendously grateful for their support and look forward to working with them and others to deliver even better results next year, on the fifth anniversary of the event. Media coverage was as solid as ever with at least 5 news outlets picking up our story. The Coffee Cup Revolution is yet another example of the hard, thoughtful work binners do year round through our event services and back-of-house sorting. If you have an event coming up, or have a waste room in your building that is overflowing, incurring fines, or simply not hitting your waste-diversion targets, please contact us to discuss how our environmentally and socially conscious services can work for you. We’re proud to work with places like Science World, SFU, Vancity, and others to deliver exceptional waste education and management services year-round, and we’d love the chance to show you and your business or building what we are capable of. To learn more about our services online, click here, or feel free to email me directly at [email protected] Thanks again to all who supported this event through sponsorship, attendance, and by spreading the word - we appreciate your involvement and look forward to championing an even greener, more inclusive city with you again in 2019!
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October 12, 2017 Vancouver, BC - Media are encouraged to attend the Binners’ Project fourth annual Coffee Cup Revolution on October 16th from 11:00am-2:00pm in Victory Square Park.
“Coffee cups can be difficult to recycle, and often end up in landfills as a result,” says Davin Boutang, binner and Outreach Coordinator for the Binners’ Project. “When you’re binning, you see them everywhere. Binners are doing great work collecting bottles and cans and keeping them out of the landfill. We can do that with coffee cups too.” At 11:00 am, a team of binners led by Boutang will open a depot in the park where binners can return coffee cups for five cents a cup, up to 400 cups each per visit (multiple visits permitted). The event demonstrates how a refund system could work for these single-use items. The depot closes at 4:00 pm. Last year, the event set new records, with over 300 binners participating and more than 49,000 cups refunded and recycled. This year will likely see more record-breaking line-ups and refunds as the popularity of the event increases, and with the City of Vancouver currently considering a coffee cup refund system. “A refund system is a win-win situation,” says Anna Godefroy, Binners’ Project Director. “Treating coffee cups as we do bottles and cans will discourage people from throwing them out and, where that fails, incentivize binners to help divert this large amount of waste from Vancouver landfills.” While the depot is running, city planners, local businesses and organizations, and residents and members of the public will participate in a series of roundtable discussions. This year, discussion topics include strategies to reduce the presence of single use items in landfills, as well as broader issues related to green, inclusive economies, such as corporate social responsibility and social hiring. The depot and event are open to the public and free to all, thanks to the support of BC Housing, SFU Vancity’s Office of Community Engagement, the City of Vancouver, and various other local businesses, foundations, and organizations sponsoring the event. AGENDA 11:00 am -- Depot opens 11:30 am -- Roundtables begin 1:30 pm -- Roundtables end 2:00 pm -- Depot closes LEARN MORE For more details on this year’s Coffee Cup Revolution, visit: https://www.binnersproject.org/coffee-cup-revolution.html To register for the roundtable discussions, visit: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-coffee-cup-revolution-roundtable-discussions-tickets-36615701549 To view the City of Vancouver consultation paper mentioned above, visit: http://vancouver.ca/files/cov/single-use-consultation-paper-9-12-2017.pdf CONTACT Anna Godefroy E. [email protected] P. 604-619-0058 Download the consultation paper
The City of Vancouver is aiming to decrease coffee cup and other waste by 50% in five years, and wants Vancouver residents, businesses and organizations to weigh in on whether they would be open to a coffee cup refund system, among other options, to help get there. As a part of their Single Use Item Reduction Strategy, the City released a consultation paper that explains an estimated 2.6 million hot and cold paper beverage cups are disposed of as garbage each week in Vancouver. A coffee cup refund system, whereby consumers would pay a deposit that will be refunded when the cup is returned for recycling, is one of the proposed solutions to this waste problem. Binners, people who supplement their income looking for refundable recyclables, have been saying for years that they would welcome the light-weight addition to their trips to the bottle depot. The City is asking for your feedback by December 15th on how to move forward with reducing single-use items in Vancouver landfills. According to the website, here’s how you can contribute to the process:
453 West 12th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4 Additionally, the City will host a series of roundtable discussions in the fall with interested stakeholders. These meetings will review the information contained in the consultation paper. If you are interested in participating in a meeting, please email the City at: [email protected] Although a refund system is ultimately a decision made by the Provincial Government, without the City's support it is unlikely to gain the momentum it needs to become a reality. As such, we encourage everyone to provide their feedback to the City. Lastly, stay engaged with the conversation around a refund system for coffee cups by attending the Coffee Cup Revolution in Victory Square Park on October 16th - click here to register and to find out more about the event. Search for musical instruments – in partnership with Instruments of Change Charity – Vancouver, Sept 2016 – Photo series by Lani Brunn
On September 10, 2015, the Coffee Cup Revolution took place for the second consecutive year in Vancouver’s Victory Square, Vancouver. Over 130 binners collected coffee cups from around the Lower Mainland for a 5-cent refund. Over 31,000 cups were diverted from the landfill.
For the first time, binners were part of a social innovation program at the West 4th Avenue Khatsahlano Street Party, to educate the public on recycling, monitor waste, and demonstrate their valuable contribution.
In the summer 2015, Joanne Lin, a Master’s of Public Health student from the University of Guelph, conducted a policy review for the Binners’ Project while completing a practicum at the UBC Learning Exchange. The following review focuses on binning and the waste management of beverage containers in British Columbia to identify policy options that binners could support.
You’ve seen them hunt for cans, bottles and plastic containers. Now, binners in Downtown Vancouver are on the look-out for coffee cups too. They’ll be turning in used coffee cups for a 5¢ bounty at Victory Square. The pop-up coffee cup depot is expected to redeem up to 40,000 cups from street litter. Click here for more information on the Coffee Cup Revolution.
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