Every year we plant one tree for every keep-cup we sell through Fifteen Trees. In 2018, we sold 60 cups and so went out and organised the planting of 60 trees. The trees were planted in Flowerdale, Victoria by the Flowerdale Landcare Network. + 60 insta trees (check no). + any other free trees!!    

  Here’s some facts about ‘disposable coffee cups’ from Sustainability Victoria. 

 

Australians consume more than 50,000 cups of coffee every half hour, and an estimated 1 billion takeaway hot drink cups every year. If we lined up all the coffee cups used each year in Australia they would stretch round the world…twice! That’s a lot of coffee cups. Sadly, standard coffee cups made from liquid paperboard are rarely recycled. Even ‘compostable’ cups are rarely composted, because Australia’s existing composting facilities aren’t yet able to process them effectively, and it can be hard to transport enough of the cups to the right place for composting. This means coffee cups are a burden on our waste management services and our environment, filling up landfills and resulting in transport emission.

Why can’t coffee cups currently be recycled?

In most areas of Victoria, the hard plastic lid can be recycled but the coffee cup itself should be put in the rubbish bin. Most cups are a mix of plastic and paper and only a few councils in Victoria can currently collect them for recycling.

      Our re-useable cups are made by our friends at Earth Bottles. The cups are double-walled stainless steel and have a silicon lid to keep the heat in. For every cup we sell, we plant one tree. With any multiple orders, we also throw in a delicious packet of Grounded Pleasures drinking chocolate. To buy click here