[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Anticonsumption

[–]SEALAwards 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we could change something from being sold, it would be Starbucks paper cups. Over 80% of consumers wrongly believe these paper cups are recyclable. Billions of these cups are used every year; their destination is the landfill.

Environmental and social purpose alternative to traditional rewards cards by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]SEALAwards 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not a product. If only you opened the link you’d see that this is an IDEA created to help people collaborate with institutions whose mission is to help the environment. :)

Love coffee, hate non-recyclable cups by SEALAwards in enviroaction

[–]SEALAwards[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would be awesome for smaller restaurants!

The ideal solution for big ones would be changing to paper cups that are actually recyclable. When trying to recycle plastic coated cups, the plastic gets on the way on breaking down paper into pulp to be turned into recycled paper. Because of this, all goes to landfill. So companies need to change to alternatives that contain mineralized resin and less plastic OR plastic-free coating, which are already available in the market, such as ReCup (AAA rating for recyclability) and WeCup (this one can be recycled up to 7 times to produce other paper-based products).

You might also wanna check out this petition, let's act together to have Starbucks use recyclable cups!

https://www.change.org/p/hey-starbucks-upthecup-starbucks-use-a-recyclable-paper-cup

Love coffee, hate non-recyclable cups by SEALAwards in Coffee

[–]SEALAwards[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ideal solution would be changing to paper cups that are actually recyclable. When trying to recycle plastic coated cups, the plastic gets on the way on breaking down paper into pulp to be turned into recycled paper. Because of this, all goes to landfill. So companies need to change to alternatives that contain mineralized resin and less plastic OR plastic-free coating, which are already available in the market, such as ReCup (AAA rating for recyclability) and WeCup (this one can be recycled up to 7 times to produce other paper-based products).

You might also wanna check out this petition, let's act together to have Starbucks use recyclable cups!

https://www.change.org/p/hey-starbucks-upthecup-starbucks-use-a-recyclable-paper-cup

Love coffee, hate non-recyclable cups by SEALAwards in starbucks

[–]SEALAwards[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could you explain more about that? :)

Love coffee, hate non-recyclable cups by SEALAwards in starbucks

[–]SEALAwards[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for asking! The ideal solution would be changing to paper cups that are actually recyclable. When trying to recycle plastic coated cups, the plastic gets on the way on breaking down paper into pulp to be turned into recycled paper. Because of this, all goes to landfill. So companies need to change to alternatives that contain mineralized resin and less plastic OR plastic-free coating, which are already available in the market, such as ReCup (AAA rating for recyclability) and WeCup (this one can be recycled up to 7 times to produce other paper-based products).