Reading material: About Paper Cups

[Grog]

http://thetyee.ca/Views/2008/04/30/Slurp/

Good thinking piece.

[VeloVT]

At my university all of the places you can buy coffee will fill your reusable mug for $1.00, regardless of the size. Otherwise a large coffee is around $1.80... There are lots of places on campus where one can buy reusable mugs too... I am actually cheap enough that I bought a travel mug that specifically fits on my bike and doesn't spill. (OK, confession time: I bought it at Starbucks 'cause it was the only one I could find anywhere that BOTH fit nicely into a bottle cage AND had a good top closing mechanism... so yes, while I bought it to make it possible for me to save money, it's probably just barely paid for itself by now... but it's stainless, so no scary leaching chemicals...).

Maybe a small tax rebate could be offered to businesses that offer incentives for consumers to bring reusable containers -- and maybe a larger one for businesses that require it???? Or something...

I purchased two "boat & tote" type bags that I keep in my car for use at the grocery store too. Every time I go grocery shopping it makes me feel all warm & fuzzy that I'm not taking home 3-6 plastic bags...

[mimitabby]

thank you for caring

[OakLeaf]

Do you have to argue with the cashiers/baggers about your shopping bags? They're getting better about it in the last 6 months or so, now that all the stores are selling shopping bags. But it used to be a real struggle, still is sometimes. Everything has to go in a plastic bag. Sometimes they would pull out a bag and then throw it away when I didn't want it

[Jolt]

Do you have to argue with the cashiers/baggers about your shopping bags? They're getting better about it in the last 6 months or so, now that all the stores are selling shopping bags. But it used to be a real struggle, still is sometimes. Everything has to go in a plastic bag. Sometimes they would pull out a bag and then throw it away when I didn't want it

Yeah, I've had that kind of stuff happen on a number of occasions--tell them I brought my own bags, put them on the counter, and then they still proceed to stick things in plastic bags and I have to stop them! The lady at Walgreens today did it, as a matter of fact, and I had to remind her. I think part of it is that it's just such a habit for them to use the plastic bags so it throws them a bit when someone does the BYOB thing. As more people start doing it, that should get better.

[mimitabby]

Yeah, I've had that kind of stuff happen on a number of occasions--tell them I brought my own bags, put them on the counter, and then they still proceed to stick things in plastic bags and I have to stop them! The lady at Walgreens today did it, as a matter of fact, and I had to remind her. I think part of it is that it's just such a habit for them to use the plastic bags so it throws them a bit when someone does the BYOB thing. As more people start doing it, that should get better.

or they'll put 2 items in one bag and a 3rd in another, and there I am emptying the one bag and trying to hand it back.
Or "I DON'T NEED A BAG" and gather up my stuff in my hands. THAT gets some looks.
Yes, I dump my new cloth bags right where they can see them and often they still use their plastic. and i have to undo it, but I think they're getting better.

[shootingstar]

Am just lazy... I don't bring my own mug to coffee shops. But I simply appreciate more shops offering coffee in paper cups not in unhealthy styrofoam.

At work, employer keeps dishes in cupboard and everyone often uses the company's cups for endless bottomless cup of coffee for allday and night. So that includes me as a frequent coffee drinker 'cause coffee is free.