#Cupifesto
No Throwaway Cups!
The first goal of our Global Paper Vision is to reduce paper consumption. Throwaway cups are an icon of wasteful paper use and many of our member organisations are campaigning together to eliminate them.
Billions of throwaway cups are used globally every year. This is wasteful and harms people, forests, water and the global climate.
#Cupifesto #Manifesto
Our ‘Cupifesto’ calls on business leaders and politicians to stop encouraging a throwaway culture by ensuring all cups are reusable.
International days of action on throwaway cups:
22 March 2017. See more here.
29 September 2016 See more here
Download the #Cupifesto
Links and resources on paper cups
Carry Your Cup Pledge
French Cup Reuse System
Betacup
Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall's War on Waste
Life cycle analyses of disposable versus reusable cups:
Refill, Bern (Switzerland)
Carbon Clear
More Articles & News of Interest
The Facts about the Paper Calculator
As the owner and manager of the Paper Calculator, the Environmental Paper Network would like to take this opportunity to address recent communications from paper industry-related groups that include misleading and inaccurate information regarding the Paper Calculator....
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Bank of America life cycle study finds digital statements reduce environmental impact vs. paper
Last year, Bank of America set out to follow a scientific method and seek independent review of a life cycle assessment study to calculate the comparative carbon emissions and water consumption impacts of digital statements compared to paper statements. The results of...
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Event Highlights: Paper Saving – Packaging in Focus
Paper packaging is the main driver of the persistently high paper consumption in Germany, and around the world. The majority is used to support the booming online retail sector. In 2017, for example, almost half of German paper consumption was for packaging (9.9...
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