Denver Museum eliminates single-use plastic in favour of recyclable aluminium cans and bottles

The Denver Museum of Nature & Science has eliminated single-use plastic to enhance their commitment to environment and sustainability.  The Museum will now offer 100% recyclable aluminium cans and compostable cups made of plant based material to its visitors for drinking.

It is to be noted that the Denver Museum now composts all used utensils, straws, napkins, plates, condiment cups, containers, and food waste to limit dumping in the landfills.

“It takes plastics hundreds of years to decompose, and we felt this was an immediate step we could take to continue our commitment to protecting the natural world,” said Patrick Hartnett, the Museum’s food and beverage director.

The Museum has partnered with Ball Corporation for this sustainability initiative. As a goodwill gesture towards this partnership, Ball Corporation has donated 200,000 infinitely recyclable aluminium bottles of water for use at Museum during special events and meetings and for distribution to guests on SCFD Community Free Days and Nights.  The recyclable aluminium bottles from Ball will also be distributed for free to the audience before the screenings of the new film “Penguins,” which will run from April 17-28 in the Museum.

“We are excited to expand our relationship with the Museum and have aluminium cans and bottles featured as part of this new sustainability initiative,” said Chris Chavez, Ball’s global director of corporate citizenship.

“Our donated bottles feature important messages about the infinite recyclability of aluminium and also enable the Museum to convey its brand and values to guests at special events,” he added.

More and more environmentally conscious consumers are now shifting to sustainable packaging to mark their commitment to the environment and the choice of aluminium beverage packaging in the museum proved to be a significant step towards efforts in an organizational level.