disposable cups

Sustainability

City of London launches challenge to boost coffee cup recycling

Desk3 - June 7, 2017

LONDON, UK – Almost every one of us has carried a take away cup with coffee or tea once in our life. Some of us even every day. In the UK, they throw away 2.5 billion take away cups every year. That is a lot of rubbish that can’t get recycled the right way because of how it’s made.

Climate

UK Liberal Democrats target disposable coffee cups in Manifesto pledge

Desk3 - May 16, 2017

LONDON, UK – A Liberal Democrat pledge to impose a 5p charge on disposable coffee cups has been blasted as a “knee jerk reaction to the media”. The plan will be included in the party’s manifesto for June’s General Election. It also forms part of a ‘Zero Waste Act’, incorporating a 70% recycling target.

Climate

IdealCup coffee couple want to make Motueka a disposable cup-free zone

Desk3 - March 2, 2017

MOTUEKA, New Zealand – Steph Fry is starting a revolution against "revolting" disposable coffee cups. The Motueka businesswoman is determined to make the town, west of ...

Health

What can be done to reduce disposable coffee cup waste & increase recycling

Desk3 - October 26, 2016

In Great Britain alone, 8 million takeaway coffees are bought every day. That’s a lot of coffee. It’s also a lot of cups (not...

Companies

South Koreans’ disposable cup use hits high

Desk3 - October 21, 2016

With the increasing popularity of takeaway coffee, South Koreans' use of disposable cups hit a record high last year, while the return rate has...

Companies

Where do our coffee cups really end up?

Desk3 - August 2, 2016

In the UK, we have got used to getting "What we want, when we want it." So began Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s latest instalment of his...

Companies

TV coffee cup crusade provokes mixed industry response in UK

Desk3 - July 29, 2016

Waste management firm Veolia has unveiled plans to develop a new paper-pulping facility in an attempt to address ongoing concerns over disposable cup recycling...

Companies

BetterCup Campaign launches in Seattle

Desk3 - April 11, 2016

Stand has launched the Better Starbucks Cup Campaign demanding the coffee giant make good on earlier commitments to stop destroying forests. Starbucks serves four billion...

Culture

Tokyo-based artist turns disposable into collectible

Desk3 - May 27, 2015

Tokyo-based, Australian-born illustrator Adrian Hogan, has turned the disposable into the collectible by painting beautiful panoramic street scenes onto disposable coffee cups. The appeal,...

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