{"id":1711,"date":"2019-02-07T06:48:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T14:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2019-01-27T14:46:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-27T22:46:02","slug":"pilot-paris-nyc-products-reusable-containers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/07\/pilot-paris-nyc-products-reusable-containers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot in Paris and NYC of products in reusable containers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/the-goods\/2019\/1\/24\/18196388\/unilever-pepsico-procter-gamble-reusable-packaging\">full article<\/a>\u00a0(and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90296956\/a-coalition-of-giant-brands-is-about-to-change-how-we-shop-forever-with-a-new-zero-waste-platform\">another<\/a> with more info). In short, several large companies are partnering with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terracycle.com\/en-US\/\">TerracCycle<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/TerraCycle\">about<\/a>), a company that recycles hard-to-recycle items, to offer waste-free versions of their normal products. This will include ice cream, deodorant, and shampoo in returnable, refillable metal containers. Although the program is currently just a pilot, it&#8217;s a step in the direction of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extended_producer_responsibility\">extended producer responsibility<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>There are a few big downsides to this approach, however.<\/p>\n<p>Metal and glass containers (most plastic is not acceptable for commercial reuse because it is porous and can&#8217;t be completely cleaned) take a lot more resources to make than plastic, so using them is only more sustainable if they are <em>actually<\/em>\u00a0reused and reused a large number of times. (The containers require a security deposit to receive which hopefully will mitigate this potential problem.)<\/p>\n<p>The pilot program relies on door-to-door delivery, which introduces a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Last_mile\">last mile<\/a> problem. The &#8220;last mile&#8221; refers to the last part of a delivery network. It is often the most complex and expensive (and thus energy- and resource- consuming) part of the network. Instead of going to the grocery store (which, by the way, is another &#8220;last mile&#8221;), each household gets individualized delivery, so someone still has to drive around. And since the program only includes a small number of products, the delivery route will be in addition to households&#8217; normal grocery trips.<\/p>\n<p>For my friends in New York, maybe you&#8217;ll get to try this out soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the full article\u00a0(and another with more info). In short, several large companies are partnering with TerracCycle\u00a0(about), a company that recycles hard-to-recycle items, to offer waste-free versions of their normal products. This will include ice cream, deodorant, and shampoo in returnable, refillable metal containers. Although the program is currently just a pilot, it&#8217;s a step &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/07\/pilot-paris-nyc-products-reusable-containers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pilot in Paris and NYC of products in reusable containers&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1739,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions\/1739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beansproutadventures.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}