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Frugal Cups are made from recycled paperboard. You’ll be surprised how unusual this is. Almost without exception, paper cups, even those claiming to be recyclable or compostable, are made from virgin paperboard. That’s the freshly manufactured bright clean sheets that manufacturers coat with plastics and chemicals to ensure that they’re waterproof. Even if the paperboard […]

We continually come into contact with small businesses and start-ups who are desperate to do the right thing by the environment, whether it’s cutting out single-use plastics or using recyclable raw materials. How can we help them? At a recent event, where I had been asked to talk on ‘Tackling the Plastic Challenge’, a delegate […]

It feels like stating the obvious, but putting special bins in coffee shops is not going to reduce paper coffee cup waste. People use paper coffee cups when they want a take away coffee. Take away. The clue’s in the name. They’ll buy a coffee, leave the coffee shop, go to work, hop on a train, wander […]