Companies that want to encourage their staff
to become more eco-friendly might want to invest in a sustainable
coffee machine.
According to consumer group Which?, many of
those who buy a brew from a local coffee shop tend to throw the
paper cups straight in the bin, the Daily Mail reports.
Estimates from the organisation suggest that
as many as 2.5 billion paper cups are being disposed of in this
way.
"If put side by side, they would stretch round the globe five and a
half times," it commented.
This is having an environmental impact because paper cups from
coffee shops cannot be recycled.
Indeed, Which? said that while it is easy to
recycle wine bottles and newspapers, the mixture of cardboard and
polyethylene makes it trickier to reuse coffee shop containers.
Businesses might therefore want to offer their
staff the option of purchasing a brew from a coffee machine at
work, stocked with sustainable cups.
This comes after the government launched a new
scheme designed to get small businesses recycling more.