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Ecotainers Launched

Level Ground proudly offers compostable coffee cups

Ecotainers are  great because they are made in an energy efficient manner using clean energy and can be either recycled or composted at the end of their lifespan.

Environmental Topics

Initiatives

Environmental Initiatives

Sustainable trade requires continual examination of all the components involved in our business. At home, this has meant rethinking our waste management, sourcing compostable cups and finding ways of reclaiming our packaging.

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Jaime with Vegetation

Traceability to Origin

In 2005, Level Ground Trading and Colombian agronomist Juan Velez had several objectives in mind when they began working closely with 25 small-scale coffee farming families who grow Café San Miguel.

EnviroTotes

Level Ground Environmental Practices

In 2005 we received the CRD EcoStar award, now we've challenged ourselves to better our own environmental initiatives.

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Jaime Vargas' Biodigestor

In September of 2007, four Level Ground employees, agronomist Juan Valez, former Famicafe student Liliana Franco, Famicafe director Julian Toro, and coffee farmer Jaime Marin toured the Andes mountainside to visit Jaime Vargas on his farm in Andes, Colombia.

Don Cesar Pareja

Producers and the Environment

Our producer partners are our environmental role models. Their intimate connection with the land they work results in a deep understanding of the health of our planet and the true cost of business as usual.

Turn coffee packages to energy!

Reclamation Stations

VICTORIA—Level Ground Trading is taking every parent's admonishment to "Clean up after yourself!" seriously through a new program that will divert the company's packaging from landfills and use it to create electricity instead.

Ecotainers

Ecotainers

Level Ground Trading is proud to offer a better alternative to conventional disposable coffee cups. Ecotainers are manufactured in an engery efficient manner and can be either recycled or composted at the end of their lifecycle.