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The betacup’s goal: find the best ideas to eliminate paper cup consumption and help bring these ideas to life.
KTCC is happy to let it’s followers know about BetaCup. BetaCup strives to find a solution to the paper cup waste that is a result of our poor consumption habits.
To get involved, vote, and submit your own ideas for a new cup, visit www.jovoto.com/contests/drink-sustainably/landing.
Together we can find a solution!
Finally, a reusable cup for the photographer!
Contigo developed the AUTOSEAL technology, which automatically seals between sips, and has integrated the exclusive lid system into a line of travel mugs and bottles. The Contigo AUTOSEAL line of products are all FDA approved and BPA free.
“Now more than ever, people are trying to find ways to save money,” Sami Elsaden, CEO of Contigo said. “By forgoing a daily stop at a coffee shop, consumers can save up to $2,000 a year as well as reduce the use of Styrofoam and cardboard cups, which is ultimately good for the environment.”
C2C coffee cup takes the concept of cradle-to-cradle and applies it to the design of a coffee cup. The design team chose the disposable paper cup; the ‘C2C’ coffee cup is manufactured at the cafe from the waste stream of the cafe. Used coffee grounds are mixed with paper pulp and a polylactide resin (made from corn derived dextrose), then pressure-molded into shape.
The physical design itself originated from the wish of providing not only a directional feature to the cup, but also to provide a friendlier shape and more secure grip. C2C is fully biodegradable with its final elements being 100% compostable. Manufacturing of C2C provides for an animated feature in a cafe, since most of the process will be visible.
Thus the grounds used for “your” drink would make up “your” cup. However, “your” cup grounds content will actually be from someone else’s brew, since there will be a certain cycle delay, when taking mixing, forming, drying, and cooling into consideration. But technically, one brew makes its own cup.
The perfect gift for someone special! Designed to be sent like postcards, Postcups are microwave-safe white porcelain cups with a message on one side, such as “Miss You” or “Thinking of You”. The other side features a postcard design by Re Jin. Add a personal message and your recipient’s address – and it will be hand written it onto the cup and sent away.
In response to the takeaway culture where disposable items make up a considerable proportion of containers used on a daily basis, LOTS design introduced an alternative take-away cup – Imprint – that contributes to the taste sensation and can be used for a long time, throughout the day and by all generations.
Imprint is a thermo cup made of double-wall china with a painted gold rim and a tight-fitting rubber lid. The series comes in 2 sizes and a variety of color combinations.
Read more at LOTS of Green.
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.
Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwEZnAXyglY
An okay solution for offices/public areas as all the components are recyclable.
