Don’t opt for a handful of landfill when ordering your morning coffee - bring a reusable cup instead.

This Plastic Free July, Hamilton City Council and cafes in the central city are partnering to promote reducing the number of single-use cups Hamilton Kirikiriroa sends to landfill.

Participating cafes are rewarding customers who bring their reusable cup in July:

• Urge Coffee & Tea Boutique – $0.30–$0.50 discount for reusable cups
• Dot & Winnie’s – $0.50 discount for reusable cups
• Rocket Coffee Roasters – $0.50 discount for reusable cups
• Coffix – $0.50 discount for reusable cups
• Markyle’s – $0.50 discount for reusable cups + 10% off breakfast/lunch menu items when you purchase a drink in your own reusable cup
• Kopi Café – $0.50 charge for throwaway cups
• Sentinel Café – $0.50 charge for throwaway cups
• Cream Eatery – $0.50 charge for throwaway cups
• Scotts Epicurean – $1.00 charge for throwaway cups.

Council’s Head of Resource Recovery, Sarah Wilson, explains why the common takeaway cup cannot be recycled.

“Although single-use cups are made from paper, the insides are lined with plastic to make them waterproof. These materials can’t be separated which makes them unrecyclable.”

Cups marketed as “compostable” have a bio-plastic lining and cannot be recycled either. Commercial compost facilities are difficult to access so many of these cups end up in landfill.

Over the last 12 months, Hamilton has sent more than 16.7 million kilograms of waste to landfill. As a country, we send around 295 million single use cups to landfill each year.

“Opting for a reusable cup may seem like a small change, but if enough of us do it, it can have a big impact,” said Wilson.

To keep up to date with the campaign, check out the Facebook event page.

Want to learn more about reducing waste and recycling? Head to fightthelandfill.co.nz

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