Coffee Cups: How your disposable cup is affecting the planet

Coffee is an international obsession. But what impact do the billions of disposable coffee cups used each year have on the environment? How are these cups made and what happens to them once you have finished your drink?

In this episode we look at the environmental impact of single-use versus reusable coffee cups.  Our guest is Saxon Wright, Co-Founder and Chairman of Huskee, a reusable coffee cup company looking to build a circular economy around their products. He talks us through how disposable and reusable coffee cups are made and discarded, and how simple changes in our behaviour can make a huge impact in the fight against waste and climate change.

Learn more about Huskee: https://huskee.co/

References: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/26/why-britains-25-billion-paper-coffee-cups-are-an-eco-disaster, https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/reuse-rethinking-packaging

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