CAULI has launched its ‘fully reusable and recyclable’ CauliCups in a bid to combat the 2.5 billion coffee cups that end up in landfill each year in the UK.
Manufactured in the Czech Republic, the cups are injected moulded and made from 100% polypropylene which is a fully recyclable material. The firm said they can be reused 400 times before being returned to manufacturers to be recycled.
Following successful implementation of their reusable CauliBox lunchboxes, Cauli said its partners ‘started demanding’ that it provide a solution for reusable coffee cups, noting these to be a key area of waste.
In response, Cauli spent the past six months developing the cups and technology. Available in 10oz and 12oz size, with 16oz cups in the pipeline for the future, initial orders have come from Barts Health NHS Trust and ‘a number’ of banks in Canary Wharf.
On the launch of the cups, Cauli co-founder and CEO Josephine Liang, said, “Cauli’s mission is to make sustainable dining as accessible as possible. We are delighted to enable our catering partners to eliminate disposable coffee cups, one of the most difficult types of waste to recycle. I love caffeine as much as I love sustainability, and we are delighted to say our users do not have to choose between a hot cup of joe or the planet anymore!”
