Plastic coffee cups

Montage of Feck

Here's an idea drink yer bleeding coffee at home before you leave the house.

Salary Negotiator

Genius.

Surprised no one else has thought of that.

MrMusician18

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Here's an idea drink yer bleeding coffee at home before you leave the house.

Why? I like buying a coffee on the way to work occasionally. There are worse habits.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

No bother Greta.

biko

I get my coffee at a place that has compostable cups.

Montage of Feck

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Why? I like buying a coffee on the way to work occasionally. There are worse habits.

You don't have kettle at work?

One eyed Jack

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Here's an idea drink yer bleeding coffee at home before you leave the house.

Someone is watching Prime Time

Dr. Bre

Montage of Feck wrote: »

Here's an idea drink yer bleeding coffee at home before you leave the house.

Why did I never think of this...

Quantum Erasure

jar of Nescafe in the office kitchen

punisher5112

I bring my own China tea set.....

MrMusician18

Montage of Feck wrote: »

You don't have kettle at work?

We do, and a hot water boiler as well as one of those pod coffee machines.

But as I said, I like to buy one occasionally. Tastes nicer than what I can make myself.

Don't see the harm in it.

Your Face

Why not?
To save this ball of ****e?

Montage of Feck

MrMusician18 wrote: »

We do, and a hot water boiler as well as one of those pod coffee machines.

But as I said, I like to buy one occasionally. Tastes nicer than what I can make myself.

Don't see the harm in it.

When the glaciers melt and your living in a Kevin Costner inspired post apocalyptic wasteland youll be sorry.

Archeron

I've seen reusable cups being handed to staff to fill with coffee that have been gently splattered with a dried swamp of milky lipskin on the outside. Not nice.

I don’t care whether the cup is compostable or not just so long as it has the proper plastic lid. The lid is the reason all those “keep cups” (ugh) are a total ball of ****e.
If it gets to the stage they won’t have the disposable ones then they can shove their coffee up their holes.

Montage of Feck

Montage of Feck wrote: »

You don't have kettle at work?

A kettle has nothing to do with making coffee.

skittles8710

Keepcup 4 lyfe.

kenmc

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

jar of Nescafe in the office kitchen

The 80s are looking for their "coffee" back.

Putrid muck. Rather go without thanks.

ReginaldSmythV

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I don’t care whether the cup is compostable or not just so long as it has the proper plastic lid. The lid is the reason all those “keep cups” (ugh) are a total ball of ****e.
If it gets to the stage they won’t have the disposable ones then they can shove their coffee up their holes.

Er, explain please?

Notdeco

biko wrote: »

I get my coffee at a place that has compostable cups.

I buy bottles of water and don't drink them, just throw them in the bin.
Cos I can.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Er, explain please?

It’s fairly self explanatory but I’m open to specifics.

u140acro3xs7dm

biko wrote: »

I get my coffee at a place that has compostable cups.

Do you compost the cup when you are finished drinking the coffee?

Del2005

biko wrote: »

I get my coffee at a place that has compostable cups.

And how much of our waste actually gets composted, or recycled, due to people not caring before binning?

Thelonious Monk

Del2005 wrote: »

And how much of our waste actually gets composted, or recycled, due to people not caring before binning?

I would imagine almost none of it, we dont recycle plastic in Ireland. I just either have tea or coffee in a cafe or at home, we can all go without take away coffee, we managed without for millenia.

Dakota Dan

Montage of Feck wrote: »

When the glaciers melt and your living in a Kevin Costner inspired post apocalyptic wasteland youll be sorry.

Do you actually believe that?

Utter Consternation

biko wrote: »

I get my coffee at a place that has compostable cups.

And do you put them in a compost bin afterwards?

Bob Harris

Archeron wrote: »

I've seen reusable cups being handed to staff to fill with coffee that have been gently splattered with a dried swamp of milky lipskin on the outside. Not nice.

Got your lipstick mark still on your coffee cup
Oh yeah

RocketRaccoon

Paper straws, discuss.

Del2005

Del2005 wrote: »

And how much of our waste actually gets composted, or recycled, due to people not caring before binning?

Depressingly little.

And often even when people put things in recycling much of it goes to land fill anyway.

Worse the way people recycle can often make things worse rather than better overall. The way some people recycle their yoghurt pots for example can have a worse effect on the planet over all than merely tossing them in landfill garbage.

Streamlined recycling is not the utopia the Green Campaigners who wanted it for so long. The entire process is broken in many ways. Fixable I am sure - but still full of problems.

wakka12

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I would imagine almost none of it, we dont recycle plastic in Ireland. I just either have tea or coffee in a cafe or at home, we can all go without take away coffee, we managed without for millenia.

That's some will power. I'd like to do that but getting coffee is usually an enormous mood boost for me everyday before college. But I feel guilt about the cup if I forget my keep cup

whisky_galore

I do laugh a little at Irish who have turned into complete Manhattanites in the space of two decades with their coffees.

I use a 15 year old travel mug ............ I'm a proper tree hugger :pac:
Compostable stuuf and paper cups etc are all well and good but the old mantra of reduce, reuse and recycle is best used in that order IMO.

Thelonious Monk

wakka12 wrote: »

That's some will power. I'd like to do that but getting coffee is usually an enormous mood boost for me everyday before college. But I feel guilt about the cup if I forget my keep cup

I have some at home before I leave, from one of those pushy downy cafetiere thingies. I prefer that to any espresso machine coffee anyway.

Thelonious Monk

whisky_galore wrote: »

I do laugh a little at Irish who have turned into complete Manhattanites in the space of two decades with their coffees.

It's not just the Irish, it's everywhere in the English speaking world. Doesn't seem to be such a thing in Europe though.

wakka12

wakka12 wrote: »

That's some will power. I'd like to do that but getting coffee is usually an enormous mood boost for me everyday before college. But I feel guilt about the cup if I forget my keep cup

"keep cup" Good grief. How quickly people take up on spin.

I like a coffee on my way to work also, but no way would I be drinking it walking along the street, or worse, driving. Sadly, coffee in Dublin makes me depressed it is so poor. Maybe there is a opening for a coffee bar, like in Italy, where I go in and get espresso for 1€, in a porceline cup, drink it standing and be gone in 2 minutes.

Seamai

I see these young women with those ridiculous looking massive scarves that cover most of their bodies (often to disguise the fact that they're overweight, they just look lazy), a handbag hanging in the outstretched crook of their arm and the obligatory take out coffee cup, thinking they're the epitome of cool.

o1s1n

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Paper straws, discuss.

From Satan. They're absolutely disgusting.

I really don't see the necessity for straws though, just drink from the cup?

o1s1n

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Maybe there is a opening for a coffee bar, like in Italy, where I go in and get espresso for 1€, in a porceline cup, drink it standing and be gone in 2 minutes.

Christ, coffee drinking really is a load of pretentious ****, isn't it?

I've a friend like this who, whenever we go out and she grabs a coffee, she moans about it being ****e, or the cup being ****e, or the beans not being ground properly, or the moon not being bloody full enough.

At least smokers stfu when they're feeding their addiction.

Thelonious Monk

Seamai wrote: »

I see these young women with those ridiculous looking massive scarves that cover most of their bodies (often to disguise the fact that they're overweight, they just look lazy), a handbag hanging in the outstretched crook of their arm and the obligatory take out coffee cup, thinking they're the epitome of cool.

Saying that people think they're cool with take away coffees is so 15 years ago at this stage.

whisky_galore

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

It's not just the Irish, it's everywhere in the English speaking world. Doesn't seem to be such a thing in Europe though.

They actually take time to sit in actual cafes with decent coffee in real cups.

Harry Palmr

The striped plastic bag of the 21st century. Buy a reusable and use it.

Bob Harris

Deleted User wrote: »

"keep cup" Good grief. How quickly people take up on spin.

I like a coffee on my way to work also, but no way would I be drinking it walking along the street, or worse, driving. Sadly, coffee in Dublin makes me depressed it is so poor. Maybe there is a opening for a coffee bar, like in Italy, where I go in and get espresso for 1€, in a porceline cup, drink it standing and be gone in 2 minutes.

In Ireland you either settle in for a few hours to drink your bucket of coffee or take it with you down the street or in the car.

Graces7

Observation from years of trading at street markets. Seasonal. In winter, takeaway coffee in one hand, phone in the other.. Summer? Bottle of water in one hand, phone in the other...

On the rare occasions I was away from home. a cappuccino or other more unusual coffee was a treat. Drunk by an ocean view. With a hot sausage roll... Those were the days...

Cups make excellent plant pots..

Any coffee is better than …. tea...…. which I never ever drink. Yukk

Del2005

whisky_galore wrote: »

They actually take time to sit in actual cafes with decent coffee in real cups.

I've seen plenty of our continental cousins drinking coffee from disposable cups. In Athens they were all drinking frozen coffee in plastic beakers.

Winning_Stroke

"I have to have my coffee on the go, or my day will never be right!" - Relax love, you're not Carrie in Sex and the City. Have a cup of nescafe at work.

Bob Harris

Del2005 wrote: »

I've seen plenty of our continental cousins drinking coffee from disposable cups. In Athens they were all drinking frozen coffee in plastic beakers.

The tourists probably.

I don’t have the time or the inclination to sit and drink coffee, and a porcelain mug doesn’t fit in the cup holder in the car.

ReginaldSmythV

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I don’t have the time or the inclination to sit and drink coffee, and a porcelain mug doesn’t fit in the cup holder in the car.

Time to change that car!

con___manx1

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I would imagine almost none of it, we dont recycle plastic in Ireland. I just either have tea or coffee in a cafe or at home, we can all go without take away coffee, we managed without for millenia.

Yes we do recycle plastic in Ireland. I used to work in a recycling plant when I was in college. Most things can be recycled even cooking oil is recycled here.