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Cartoon: Disposable cups → Reusable cup “Paper” cup.(Secretly plastic.)

Instead of

Disposable cups Reusable cup

Why switch

Healthier

Avoid the thin plastic lining that can shed into your hot drink.

Greener

Most “paper” cups are plastic-lined and almost never recycled.

The impact

You, per year 365 cups
All of the world 2.96 trillion cups skipped / year

If everyone across the world switched, every year that’s:

  • 2.96 trillion cups

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Reduce

Bring your own cup — plenty of cafés knock a little off the price.

Reuse

A quick rinse between coffees; one cup does years of mornings.

Recycle

Stash a spare clean cup in your bag so you are never caught out.

Sources

  1. Ranjan et al. (2021), Journal of Hazardous Materials — microplastics released from disposable cups into hot water
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