No time to waste
Imagine walking down the street and placing your takeaway coffee cup in a stand-alone bin instead of a generic waste or recycling container. Well, the idea could soon become a reality.
As part of a joint initiative between City of Sydney, Queensland Government and Australian Packaging Covenant, environmental organisation Closed Loop Environmental Solutions conducted a trial to tackle the impact of Australia’s coffee cup addiction on landfill.
Specially designed bins were placed in three office buildings of around 700 staff each in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane in November 2016 to make the case for a dedicated takeaway coffee cup recycling facility.
Over the four-week trial, more than 12,000 cups were colleced. At Sydney law firm Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), 4278 coffee cups were placed in the
