Can our Costa Coffee cups be recycled? · Can our Costa Coffee cups be recycled? Here’s the...
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Can our Costa Coffee cups be recycled? Here’s the anatomy of our iconic takeaway cup Why aren’t enough cups being recycled? No wax coating The ‘O’ is where most people put their thumb. We have now raised this so that it’s cooler to touch (no ‘double-cupping’) Plastic film is on the inside only, allowing for easier separation of materials during recycling No sleeve recyclable paper (sustainably sourced) recyclable plastic (so that it doesn’t leak) 95% 5% Of the coffees we sell, only are in paper cups 4/10 YES It’s complicated... For a start it’s really hard to say how many cups are being recycled. Once they leave our stores, we don’t know where they go. What do we know? There are two facilities in the UK asking coffee shops for paper cups. It’s likely cups are also being recycled elsewhere but this completely depends on the recycling facilities where you live. 1 4 13 58 22 It’s something of a lottery. Cumbria Until we are satisfied that more of our takeaway cups are being recycled we have removed the recyclable symbol from our cups. It will be replaced with the Tidyman symbol to encourage customers not to litter. How are we reducing the amount of cups going to waste? Bring in your own cup and we will donate 25p to... We encourage customers to bring in their own cups 1. 2. 3. 4. We recycle in our head offices and are trialling cup recycling in 50 stores We are investing £100,000 with Sheffield University on cup recycling research To better understand where our cups go when they leave a store and which facilities can recycle cups – helping us to guide customers on how and where to recycle. Helping you to help the environment. We are working with the wider industry to create long term, lasting change We were the first signatory of the Paper Cup Manifesto and are a Board Member of the Paper Cup and Recycling Recovery Group. PLACE CUPS HERE For more information, please visit costa.co.uk/responsibility/our-cups Sheffield
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Can our Costa Coffee cups be recycled?
Here’s the anatomy ofour iconic takeaway cup
Why aren’t enough cups being recycled?
No wax coating
The ‘O’ is where mostpeople put their thumb. We have now raised this so that it’s cooler to touch (no ‘double-cupping’)
Plastic film is on the inside only, allowingfor easier separationof materials duringrecycling
No sleeve
recyclablepaper
(sustainablysourced)
recyclableplastic
(so that itdoesn’t leak)
95% 5%
Of the coffees we
sell, only
are in paper cups4/10
YES
It’s complicated...For a start it’s really hard to say how many cups are being recycled.
Once they leave our stores,we don’t know where they go.
What do we know?There are two facilities in the UKasking coffee shops for paper cups.
It’s likely cups are also being recycledelsewhere but this completely dependson the recycling facilities where you live.
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4
13
58
22
It’s somethingof a lottery.
Cumbria
Until we are satisfied that more of ourtakeaway cups are being recycled we haveremoved the recyclable symbol from ourcups. It will be replaced with the Tidymansymbol to encourage customers not to litter.
How are we reducing theamount of cups going to waste?
Bring in your own cup and we will donate 25p to...
We encourage customers to bringin their own cups1.
2.
3.
4.
We recycle in our head offices and aretrialling cup recycling in 50 stores
We are investing £100,000 with SheffieldUniversity on cup recycling research
To better understand where ourcups go when they leave a storeand which facilities can recyclecups – helping us to guidecustomers on how and whereto recycle. Helping you to helpthe environment.
We are working with the wider industryto create long term, lasting changeWe were the first signatory of the Paper Cup Manifesto and are a Board Member of the Paper Cup and Recycling Recovery Group.
For more information, please visit...
PLACE CUPS HERE
For more information, please visit costa.co.uk/responsibility/our-cups
Sheffield
