Tim Horton’s Is Recycling Cups in North Vancouver
Posted by buzz in community, drink, foodA few months back, when Tim Horton’s was rrrolling up the rrrim, I lamented that contests like this, while fun, do nothing but encourage people to buy disposable cups. Even when I would bring my own mug to the drive thru, the clerks would hand over an empty cup, because it was the game piece.
The worst part is the cups are unrecyclable. Check that - Tim Horton’s cups were unrecyclable. Check out what they’e done to the garbage bins inside my neighborhood Tim’s.
I LOVE this approach. Canadians are usually pretty good at cleaning up after themselves, and the sealed bins really hammer home the point that you don’t have to put everything in the garbage. While the bins are all sealed up, tent cards are scattered around the restaurant pointing people to the recycling bins which are now available for the cups.
So the Tim Horton’s cups in North Vancouver are recyclable. Good. Now Starbucks needs to get on board with the program. It’s red cup time in a few weeks.
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People need to buy reusable thermos-type mugs to take with them and get filled! Thats even better!
Their cups actually aren’t recyclable. In fact, no hot drinking cups are yet. And a lot of the blame is on cities across North America that don’t have the recycling infrastructures in-place. What Tim’s has done is hired a private recycling company to turn the cups into cardboard boxes and roofing paper.
And yes, reusable mugs are still the way to go! Many retailers even offer a discount if you bring one in.
Turns cups into roofing and cardboard boxes? Sounds like recycling to me.
I get that lined cups are not recyclable in the traditional way, and need special treatments (that’s why it’s taken so long and recyclability is not consistent from neighborhood to neighborhood), but isn’t this a good first step?