Save and reuse cup trays and sleeves.
Welcome to Week 12 of the 50 Ways to Reduce Your Waste Line. Last week, we invited you to use your own cutlery for take-away food. This week, we are going back to drinking, the second of the 10 themes (10 categories x 5 successively greener challenges = 50 Ways), and we ask you to save and reuse cup trays and sleeves.
One Thing You Can Do:
If you are one of those everyday heroes who picks up the coffee order for your office/buddies/family we are so SO thankful for your efforts! One way that you can reduce the waste caused by these coffee runs is by keeping and reusing the cup trays for each of your trips. You can even decorate or personalize your tray and share a bit of personality! And when you have to throw them out in the end, cup trays should go to the Green bin and the cup sleeves go to the Blue bin.
Additionally, if you like a sleeve with your drink, you can make one of our DIY cozies from last month or hang onto the cardboard sleeve provided with the drink and use it over and over again!
Additional Information:
We talk a lot about recycling and the environmental benefits of recycling over throwing items in the trash but often forget about the first 2R’s – reduce and reuse. If we consume less new product we stop pollution and environmental damage before it starts. The David Suzuki Foundation has an article on their website called “Five ways to recycle less” which provides some easy ideas for avoiding the necessity of waste management.
