Thread: That Old Paper Cup Chestnut

Originally Posted by RichardC

Is there anyone out there who can confirm this?

I've had the Biopak cups before as Gumption in the Strand Arcade in Sydney CBD uses them. Always enjoyed my coffee from there and can't say I've noticed any impact on taste.

Originally Posted by Magic_Matt

That is awesome - would love to see recyclable become industry standard.

Biodegradable is great, but realistically most will still end up in landfill. And until close to 100% are recyclable, even the recyclable ones will probably be diverted out at the sorting facilities...

If you have the time, resource, capacity and inclination, maybe we could have a look at setting up a 'recycling station' project, that would let people dump their cups into easily visible and easily seen bins? I proposed this to GreenPeace, sadly they weren't interested.

Originally Posted by LOL

If you have the time, resource, capacity and inclination, maybe we could have a look at setting up a 'recycling station' project, that would let people dump their cups into easily visible and easily seen bins? I proposed this to GreenPeace, sadly they weren't interested.

Not sure about the resources and capacity, but I'm certainly interested.

Purely by coincidence, I came across a crowd funding project aiming to tackle the problem in a slightly different way - the idea being to install street bins for branded reusables that would be collected, washed and redistributed to cafes. Their taggine is "What if single-use cups were... reusable!?"

I'll probably be slapped if I post a link, but a google search for Go2Cup will turn it up.

On the downside, they don't seem to say anything about being taste neutral - but since they are competing with paper cups anything is probably an improvement.

For the ultimate in eco-friendly glassware, check out @rubbercuppy on Instagram.

I'm not sure whether they're serious, joking, insane or marketing geniuses. Maybe all of the above. 🤔