Recycle plastic cups
I have just started a new job. All around the office there are recycling bins for paper, aluminium cans and even plastic bottles. This is a good thing! However, dotted all around the office are various coffee machines giving out free hot drinks in plastic cups.
There seems to be no recycling bins for these cups, even though there's a big "mobius loop" embossed on the side of the cup.
Luckily, Save a Cup are here to help. This company has helped recycle over a billion hard walled polystyrene cups since its inception. They provide special collection bins that allow the cups to be stacked and waste liquid to be collected. The cups are collected and stored in clear plastic bags. When six clear bags or more have been filled, Save a Cup will come and collect the cups for recycling.
I'm going to find out who to contact at my place of work and let them know about the Save a Cup website and try and persuade them to join the scheme. Why not do the same at your workplace?
caldini
2 Comments:
I have been assigned by my English teacher to blog about environmental issues. Do you mind giving me more information about recyling the plastics cups? I was wondering where this was offered, meaning which countries or cities. Thank you!
Save a cup is an excellent scheme, but local councils can also recycle plastic cups. In addition, it is not just polystyrene (6) that can be recycled but also the other common material for plastic glasses - polypropylene (5). www.partyplastics.co.uk sell smart flat-pack cardboard recycling bins to make it easier to store and present plastic cups and plastic glasses for collection.
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