Together we can help reduce the number of single use coffee cups that are handed out at cafes across australia Australians use approximately 1 billion disposable coffee cups each year Check out the top actions you can take today!
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Each year, more than 1.8 billion hot drink cups are used in australia
Paper cups, such as coffee cups, are difficult to recycle as they have a waterproof lining
Most australian recycling facilities, or material resource facilities do not accept paper cups because of the waterproof lining. Recent studies estimate that australians dispose of around 1.5 billion coffee cups every year Based on recent statistics, australians throw away 50,000 coffee cups every 30 minutes This equates to 2.7 million paper cups in a day and 1.2 billion in total a year
It is estimated that coffee and other hot beverage cups are among the top contributors of litter, next to plastic bottles.