So I try to do the right thing, I’m not
saying I am a saint, I definitely make mistakes. I'm not big on making new years
resolutions, believing that they create to much pressure upon ones self.
But this year I made a resolution that I am
going to give a red hot go and so far I have done alright!!
About 3 years ago at a Finders Keepers, I
brought a Keep Cup….. BPA free, restruant grade, reusable
coffee cup. It sort of hung around the kitchen being moved around
getting in my way being used every now and then. But mostly an annoying
reminder that every time I forgot to take it with me to the shop I had added
yet again to the growing number of disposable
take away coffee cups that add to our ever growing land fills.
So this year I decided it was time to give
up the take away cups without giving up the take away coffee. So far So good.
A few facts about disposable coffee cups
500 billion disposable cups are
manufactured globally every year: that’s about 75 disposable cups for every
single person on the planet, placed end to end they can circumnavigate the
earth 100 times
In the US 58 billion disposable cups are
thrown out annually with the majority ending up in landfill; that is, 158
disposable cups for every US inhabitant.
Very little recycled paper is used to make
disposable cups because of contamination concerns, most of these are coated
with plastic, both composting and recycling is uncommon.
Urban rubbish has increased tenfold over
the course to the 20th century, form 92 to 1242 pounds of pure
product waste per person per year. At this rate, we discard approximately 14.4
times our body weight in waste every year.
For more facts on this you can go the keep
cup website here
Here are also a few other funky reusable cups that I have found on my quest for the perfect cup.
So if the Keep cup isn't your style maybe one of these might be.
I do love a thermos and this one is very funky you can get it here
Kindred Spirits have these little beauties you can get them here
And you can find these awesome ones and many more at biome here
I hope this inspires you to make a difference no matter how small, even if you only do it once a week or once a month thats a start.
Love and Light
Meg
xx
images via, megastar1@instagram, keep cup, Thermos, Kindred Spirits, biome
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