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When it comes to sustainable behavioural change, it takes time, but it can be done. Supermarket shoppers now take reusable bags to collect their groceries, gym users carry stainless steel drink bottles in hand, and more restaurants are replacing plastic straws with metals ones. In the café scene, there is still a mix of ceramic, reusable, and single-use plastic cups being used, but according to Huskee Operations Manager Michael McFarlane, the end goal is a single-use free environment, and it’s no longer a matter of if but when the transition will occur.

“The great news is that standard reusable cups do currently co-exist with single-use cups. Some cafés are committed to zero waste and some are already 100 per cent Huskee Cup users, but

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