Tag: City to Sea

City to Sea receives new finance from Triodos Bank UK

Stuart Mitchell

City to Sea, a campaigning organisation that aims to stop plastic pollution, has received new lending from sustainable bank, Triodos Bank UK. The finance, in collaboration with grant and donation funding, will allow the organisation to continue to expand its campaigning and education work. The two Bristol-based organisations were both founded with aims of tackling social and environmental issues. City to Sea, which was established as a community interest company in 2016, works with communities, businesses, and activists to provide practical solutions to the problem of single-use plastic. It has…

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Bath Spa University introduces returnable coffee cup scheme to tackle single-use plastic

Stuart Mitchell

Bath Spa University is today announcing the launch of a new returnable cup scheme in five outlets across three of their campuses in an effort to help tackle the 55,000 single-use coffee cups currently served up to students and staff. The University is teaming up with environmental behaviour change specialists, City to Sea, who ran a successful city-wide returnable cup scheme across the whole of Bristol earlier this year. The “Refill Return Cup” will operate through the award-winning Refill app meaning that coffee drinkers won’t need to leave any deposit at…

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“Despite the vested interests and fossil fuel lobbyists, there is still hope” – environmentalists respond to latest round of negotiations for Global Plastics Treaty

Stuart Mitchell

Responding to the conclusion of the INC-3 talks in Nairobi where countries were thrashing out changes to the first-draft of a Global Plastics Treaty, environmentalists at City to Sea responded with disappointment that the talks had been side-tracked by vested interests, but insisted that there was still hope. City to Sea’s Policy Manager, Steve Hynd, said, “In Nairobi this week we saw more petrochemical lobbyists than negotiators from 70 countries combined. It’s little surprise then to see the same tactics of delay and distraction that we see at climate change…

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Ground-breaking new report is serving up solutions for returnable cups to tackle plastic pollution

Stuart Mitchell

City to Sea, a leading environmental organisation, and Circular&Co., the pioneers of circular design, have recently launched a comprehensive new guide, “The future is returnable. Taking a circular approach to hot drinks” outlining a blueprint for establishing a successful returnable cup scheme.  The launch of the ambitious partnership comes following an explosion of innovation in the UK when it comes to returnable systems. Drawing on the expertise of over 20 industry experts, leading reuse brands, and businesses, City to Sea and Circular&Co. have created the guide to provide invaluable insights…

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Cross-sector partnership launches “game changing” reuse project to tackle single-use packaging

Stuart Mitchell

Reposit, in partnership with City to Sea, Marks & Spencer and Ecover, have recently announced the launch of a “game changing” reuse project. The new project will demonstrate a commercially, operationally and environmentally scalable reuse platform to help accelerate the transition from single-use packaging to reuse. The project is supported by UK Research & Innovation’s (UKRI) Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Fund.  The new buy anywhere, return anywhere, full reuse platform works across brands, categories and retailers and will include testing prefilled products in returnable packaging on a commercial scale. The…

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