Around 50 billion disposable drink cups are used every year in the US, but in the city of Petaluma, we will see if Americans have the discipline to reduce this footprint.
The city numbers around 60,000 people, and will participate in the Reuseable Cup Project. The aim is to furnish 30 local restaurants, from Starbucks to Taco Bell, with identical, durable, plastic drink cups, which customers and diners can use and then either leave on the table, or deposit in a network of dropoff bins around the city.
closes the cupboard where he keeps all his stolen A&W mugs
One thing I think is stupid is that I can’t just carry my own damn cup (easily)
I have a 16 oz cup, ring it out as whatever size that is, done.
I have one similar to this but if you try to do anything non standard at a restaurant they get fussy.
The best I can do is go to taco bell and pay for a drink but not take their cup.
Those bins are just gonna be filled with trash and there’s still gonna be these cups and other litter in the gutter.
I had to stop and check if this was an Onion article lmao.
Like, has any one of the dozen people that approved this actually met an American?
I am a quite skeptical of this project, mainly because it is related to circular economy.
A relevant link (article+audio) would be:
How the ‘circular economy’ went from environmentalist dream to marketing buzzword
…Petaluma’s residents will not be charged a penny more for their drinks…
YET.
There is no way this program can so much as break even without someone paying the bills.
Even if all the employees are volunteers, trucks that empty the bins and deliver the cups, plus washing equipment for said cups, rent for the space to house the trucks and washing equipment, maintenance, utilities, etc., aren’t free.
Don’t get me wrong. I’d like to see this program succeed and expand. Without knowing more about how they’re funded, though, I’m skeptical.
Imagine if those smartasses hear about glass cups
