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I have to admit that while our family is as conscientious as we can be with plastic use and recycling, I have a weak spot for coffee cups/lids. When visiting t
by chriselles 7y ago
I have to admit that while our family is as conscientious as we can be with plastic use and recycling, I have a weak spot for coffee cups/lids.
When visiting the US recently I found the recycled paper lids quite distasteful, in the literal sense.
For me, kicking the coffee cup/lid will be a bit harder than other forms of sustainability.
- kohtatsu 7y agoHow about a reusable cup? $0.10 off at Starbucks.
- electricslpnsld 7y agoWhen I was living in Portland it was super common for people to bring their own mugs (usually those metal camping style cups with closable tops, but I'd see plastic cups too) to coffee shops. The baristas would usually blast them with some steam to clean them out then fill 'em up! Easy as pie.
- WheelsAtLarge 7y agoThis is my preference. My coffee cup keeps my drink hot way longer than any disposable one can and I would save a dime. Win, win, from my view.
- dontbenebby 7y agoOTOH it seems like less coffee shops offer mugs for in-house drinking nowadays. Takeaway is harder but there's no reason not to use mugs if you're staying in the store.
- chrisseaton 7y agoIn the UK there is a chain called Costa where the in-house mug only comes in one size, and it's a thimble - much smaller than the larger take-away cup. So you end up asking for a take-away cup even though you're staying in and they have mugs available.
- HeWhoLurksLate 7y agoSo you're saying the replacement has to be good or people won't use it? That's preposterous! /s
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- chrisseaton 7y agoSorry for sharing.
- jacobolus 7y agoCompostable plastic coffee cup lids work just fine. There is no good reason for disposable food containers to not be biodegradable. Consumers can afford the extra 1¢ or whatever. Many of the coffeeshops in SF use only compostable cups/lids.
- yongjik 7y agoWell, in my case, I find paper coffee cups make the coffee taste much worse, so I make a habit of using mug cups whenever possible.
- denkmoon 7y agoIf only there were some kind of reusable coffee cup that did not suffer from such issues.