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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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.

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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

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