Takeaway coffee cups that you and I use everyday are an environmental peril. In our opinion they are as a whole a much much nastier by product of everyday living even compared with other disposables that end up as litter like takeaway boxes, food packaging, cigarette butts and even exhaust from automobiles. Why? Well there are several reasons. Coffee as a product in itself is generally considered an essential for many people everyday. So some of us may consume the odd takeaway box at lunch time today (some may be considerate enough to recycle them) whilst many smokers overtime do desire to kick the habit but what makes coffee cups different when they are disposed is the sheer quantity. This product is consumed at a relentless pace everyday by most people. In fact expenditure on coffee along will reach $800 million it is forecasted by the end of this year.

What this means is that takeaway coffee cups will end up in landfill. You may think this is not a serious issue since coffee cups are made from paper and paper is both recylcable as well as bio-degrades in the environnment right? Unfortunatel that is not the case. You may be surprised but coffee cups cannot be recycled. The same can be said for softdrink cups too (but the quantity in question is not nearly as high). You see they have a special layer around the paper (I think it is a wax compound but I may be wrong) that prevents water and liquids from escaping. This is great for the drinker but a disaster for the environment. This year we anticipate Australia to dispose 500 million coffee cups.

So disposing of coffee cups is an issue. What is equally as big of an issue is producing one. The carbon foot print of creating 1 coffee cup is huge! To create the paper and the chemical to protect the paper from liquids is the equivalent of producing 18 plastic lids!

So what can YOU do to reduce the environmental impact of coffee cups? Simple! Use cups that are re-usable. This is precisely why the hottest trending product we stock right now are and are in high demand with businesses around Australia are imitation takeaway promotional coffee cups. We want to make using re-usable cups not only eco friendly but also cool. Some of the key features our promotional eco coffee cups include:

- Australian Made
- Choice of Silicon or hard lids
- Attractive mix and match colour choice 12 cup colours + 12 band colours + 12 lid colours
- Fit into standard barista coffee machines so they can prepare coffee for you
- BPA free

We think these coffee cups especially when branded and enhanced with your logo should be the way of the future. All it takes is a simple rinse to clean them each morning and not only will you be helping the environment but you would be looking good at the same time.