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    'Latte levy' could be imposed on UK coffee drinkers to reduce disposable cup waste - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Overdue. It irks me when watching "our great leaders" especially the Pollies, of ALL denominations, clutching single use cups in their early AM journo doorstops. There are so many simple solutions to this problem. The biggest problem is - I know people who "love" the paper cup routine - resistance to change. Some of the same people who used to refer to current popular forms of disposable cups as "baby beakers" in the early days, are the same people who can now not live without them, so there is hope.

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    Something I hadn't previously thought about, on short contemplation, sounds like a good idea.

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    • #3
      Yes agree, there are alternatives to having 'plasticated' paper cups that are reusable. Still have problems with people who take away an espresso - by the time you get to where you're going its cold!!!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by phincala View Post
        Yes agree, there are alternatives to having 'plasticated' paper cups that are reusable. Still have problems with people who take away an espresso - by the time you get to where you're going its cold!!!
        Spot on. Just sit down to drink your coffee from something nice. It needn't take that long.

        Not a fan of reusable plastic - or glass - cups either.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by shortblackman View Post
          Spot on. Just sit down to drink your coffee from something nice. It needn't take that long.
          Problem is not many places provide the facilities to down a quick espresso in the way they do in Italy, such as a counter with stool seats etc. It would also entail additional cup washing etc for them, but that could be their contribution to reducing T/A cups no doubt.

          I remember seeing a place in Melbourne that looked like it had the Italian style counter, but can't remember when or where.

          G

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          • #6
            Originally posted by shortblackman View Post
            Spot on. Just sit down to drink your coffee from something nice. It needn't take that long.

            Not a fan of reusable plastic - or glass - cups either.
            I'm with you SBM, have a strong dislike for drinking from cardboard or plastic.

            I wont order if a cafe only serves in cardboard, in my mind paper/plastic cups and good coffee are incompatible.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by GrahamK View Post
              Problem is not many places provide the facilities to down a quick espresso in the way they do in Italy, such as a counter with stool seats etc. It would also entail additional cup washing etc for them, but that could be their contribution to reducing T/A cups no doubt.

              I remember seeing a place in Melbourne that looked like it had the Italian style counter, but can't remember when or where.

              G
              hi

              Patricia, when I'm in the city, is one such place with standing room (only.) I love to go there. You're right though. A bit unusual, sadly.

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              • #8
                So are people happy with changing behaviour through a levy, as proposed in Britain?

                I'll start. Yes.

                Customers end up paying for enforced change anyway. I would worry about the hit some businesses would take, but it seems that levies work in changing "undesirable" behaviour. This will put pressure on manufacturers to produce something better if the levy excludes cups that meet sustainable benchmarks.

                But for the sake of good coffee, I return to my original point. Work at getting rid of the bloody things all together.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by GrahamK View Post
                  Problem is not many places provide the facilities to down a quick espresso in the way they do in Italy, such as a counter with stool seats etc. It would also entail additional cup washing etc for them, but that could be their contribution to reducing T/A cups no doubt.

                  I remember seeing a place in Melbourne that looked like it had the Italian style counter, but can't remember when or where.

                  G
                  I don't find it a problem, order and pay, when it arrives drink it at the counter, works for me.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by shortblackman View Post
                    Spot on. Just sit down to drink your coffee from something nice. It needn't take that long.

                    Not a fan of reusable plastic - or glass - cups either.
                    I don't mind glass or (particularly) the ceramic cups with a silicon lid. Got a few from conferences that do the job quite nicely. And I like to have a slow coffee at my desk while I'm working....and I can't usually do that in a cafe.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by shortblackman View Post
                      hi

                      Patricia, when I'm in the city, is one such place with standing room (only.) I love to go there. You're right though. A bit unusual, sadly.
                      Thought you had my name wrong at first , then looked it up, and see they have standing counters.

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                      • #12
                        Get The Facts

                        )-: x 16Billion

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by noonar View Post
                          Get The Facts

                          )-: x 16Billion
                          Staggering numbers, sooner or later it has to stop.

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                          • #14
                            Its been quite some time since I’ve intentionally had a coffee in a disposable cup when there was an alternative. I actually rarely use take away cups at all, but I have a couple of favourite reusables that do the job quite well if necessary. I can understand some of the resistance from Snobs though as I’ve had to try quite a few different reusables to find ones I like. The bad ones have all sorts of problems - they leak, wrong size, don’t insulate well, taste like absolute crap. But there’s good ones out there so don’t give up on the idea altogether. And think outside the box, you don’t always need a purpose built travel cup to use as a reusable takeaway cup. For example I can actually put a large plastic takeaway lid on top of this old cup that I’ve had since I was a kid-


                            I’ve only done it a couple of time when making a quick filter coffee at home to take with me, but it shows what can be done. (And yes, I wash and reuse the lid).

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by LeroyC View Post
                              Its been quite some time since I’ve intentionally had a coffee in a disposable cup when there was an alternative. I actually rarely use take away cups at all, but I have a couple of favourite reusables that do the job quite well if necessary. I can understand some of the resistance from Snobs though as I’ve had to try quite a few different reusables to find ones I like. The bad ones have all sorts of problems - they leak, wrong size, don’t insulate well, taste like absolute crap. But there’s good ones out there so don’t give up on the idea altogether. And think outside the box, you don’t always need a purpose built travel cup to use as a reusable takeaway cup. For example I can actually put a large plastic takeaway lid on top of this old cup that I’ve had since I was a kid-


                              I’ve only done it a couple of time when making a quick filter coffee at home to take with me, but it shows what can be done. (And yes, I wash and reuse the lid).
                              I'd put a massive levy on a footy cup without tiger stripes.

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