October 2019
October 2019
Too Many Cups
Too Many Cups
We've now visited all the coffee cup outlets we listed in the Coffee Cup Crisis August article and if you do re use your own cup you're highly likely to gain a discount or special offer.
We also noted that the vast majority have completely stopped offering plastic lined take out cups in preference for the fully compostable varieties.
We also noted that the vast majority have completely stopped offering plastic lined take out cups in preference for the fully compostable varieties.
However
However
Ireland doesn't need 200 million annual Plastic or Compostable cups.
Ireland doesn't need 200 million annual Plastic or Compostable cups.
Despite being a move in the right direction simply swapping waste types isn't the ultimate solution for the environment.
Despite being a move in the right direction simply swapping waste types isn't the ultimate solution for the environment.
Avoid, Reduce, REUSE, Recycle
Avoid, Reduce, REUSE, Recycle
We'd like to see reusable cups more prominently offered to bring an end to ALL single use cups.
We'd like to see reusable cups more prominently offered to bring an end to ALL single use cups.
THE NEW ISSUE
THE NEW ISSUE
How should you dispose of a compostable product?
How should you dispose of a compostable product?
At home the brown food waste bins are perfect since they go to a commercial composting facilities. In theory you could place it in your home composter but there's very little known about how long they take to breakdown naturally.
At home the brown food waste bins are perfect since they go to a commercial composting facilities. In theory you could place it in your home composter but there's very little known about how long they take to breakdown naturally.
The problem is that on the high street, where you're likely to have bought your drink, there are rarely any food waste bins except in the store you bought it from.
The problem is that on the high street, where you're likely to have bought your drink, there are rarely any food waste bins except in the store you bought it from.
If you take compostable cups home to dispose of in your brown bin then you might as well have bought a reusable cup instead.
If you take compostable cups home to dispose of in your brown bin then you might as well have bought a reusable cup instead.
Consumers created the demand but suppliers created a crisis in waste management.
Consumers created the demand but suppliers created a crisis in waste management.
Help bring about social changes to keep the drinks but reduce the cost to the environment.
Help bring about social changes to keep the drinks but reduce the cost to the environment.
October 2019 Articles
October 2019 Articles
