Need a reminder to bring your reusable cup? How about a handy coffee cup ring. Just to make sure you never forget!
Check out Battlefront, another campaign to get you to bring your own cup and the nice video that goes with it:
There is a new poster to print and distribute for Kill the Cardboard Cup.
The picture on the poster is called ‘nest’ by waferboard.
Also, be sure to check out other merchandise and groups on the “get involved” page of the site.
The message is clear…
Starbucks’ most popular position in the Australian market
From a satirical article on Starbucks: Starbucks gives staff Double Mocha Sackuccino
A set on flickr of interesting disposable cups in Korea: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mimmo-cozzolino/sets/72157605152747277/
An interesting product, as a cool looking reusable cup and it makes coffee too.
The WMF 1 coffee pad machine can be used nearly at all places where you want to enjoy a cup of freshly brewed coffee, whether in the office, on the terrace or even in the bedroom. In less than one minute your WMF 1 prepares a cup of flavoursome fresh coffee. The water tank contains the volume you need for one cup of coffee. Thus, you will always brew with fresh water. Insert a standard coffee pad of your choice into the pad holder. Just press the button, and in less than one minute your cup of flavoursome fresh coffee will be brewed.
The Cupkin (cup + napkin) s a machine that handles waste and recycles disposable cutlery in fast-food restaurants. When you put a cup into the machine, you can see it being shredded to pieces and then sorted. From that “waste” napkins are made—the same ones available in the restaurants.
A creative solution to reusing disposable cups by Sondre Frost Urstad.
Trailer for short environmental documentary on paper waste, recycling and disposables called For the Price of a Cup of Coffee. Available at Green Planet Films.
Nicely done school project demonstrating the disposable waste stream of our society–namely paper cups.
While you should definitely take the Kill the Cardboard Cup Pledge, here is another pledg: The Good Earth Coffee “Brew at Home” Pledge – a simple commitment to brew more and toss less.
Do You Know Where Your Latte Mug Lands?
Another article supporting reusable cups…
keepyourcup.com, another website that supports reusable cups.
Count the number of cardboard cups in Tim Hortons new ad campaign. Tell the story of the cardboard cups…
2.) From Treehugger.com and Organic Style: “Take all the people who read this magazine, then persuade them to sip their morning coffee from a travel mug for one week. Result: Enough trees to fill two football fields will be spared the ax. Can’t commit to a week? Switching to reusable cups for just one day will save as much energy as using 1,000 gallons of gasoline.”
The Guardian explores whether reusable cups or cardboard cups are more green.
Conclusion: Bringing your own cup is the greener option.
Starbucks defeats the intention of my reusable cup
A story about Starbucks taking a reusable cup and making it pointless.
Due to an increase in pressure by customers, Tim Hortons has hired Turtle Island Recycling Corp. to take coffee cups left behind in its Toronto stores and turn them into roofing paper or cardboard boxes.
Read the article here.
Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwEZnAXyglY
An okay solution for offices/public areas as all the components are recyclable.
Another interesting project on throw-away cups.
