Australia's First Recyclable Takeaway Coffee Cups
Australia's First Recyclable Takeaway Coffee Cups
By Alex Coppel
15 August, 2017
Australia's First Recyclable Takeaway Coffee Cups
Australia's First Recyclable Takeaway Coffee Cups
By Alex Coppel
15 August, 2017
Australia's First Recyclable Takeaway Coffee Cups
Australia's First Recyclable Takeaway Coffee Cups
By Alex Coppel
15 August, 2017
Australia's First Recyclable Takeaway Coffee Cups
Australia's First Recyclable Takeaway Coffee Cups
By Alex Coppel
15 August, 2017
Melburnians, we’ve been doing coffee wrong. Most coffee drinkers think they’re helping the environment by putting their cups into green bins, when instead they belong in the trash.
This week, an Australian-first recyclable takeaway coffee cup will launch in Melbourne Museum Cafe for one week — with the hope of creating change in the industry. A reprocessing facility that separates the cup’s plastic lining from the recyclable paper does not exist in Victoria.
But Australian-owned paper and board packaging manufacturer Detpak created the RecycleMe cup for Melbourne Museum’s cafe operated by Restaurant Associates.
Up to 96 per cent of the innovative cup can be recycled into other paper and board products. A blue bin will be outside the cafe for coffee drinkers to discard their lids and empty cups.
The recyclable products will then be taken to a facility to be turned into paper and cardboard.
If the trial is successful, the cups could become commercially viable in the next six months. 


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