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Setting up cup recycling at offices

We interviewed some of the businesses that started cup recycling as part of the Square Mile Challenge, one year on, to find out what had worked and what had not gone well, and what advice they’d give to other organisations setting up cup recycling.

This guide draws on their insights as well as our broader experience to help you set up successful cup recycling within businesses, whether you’re a large office, a restaurant or a shop. This may be useful for you when trying to recruit local businesses to your campaign.

Why recycle coffee cups?

According to our research and experience, introducing a coffee cup recycling service has many benefits to a business. You will:

• Increase your site’s recycling rate.

• Show leadership on a high-profile issue that employees care about.

• Start a much broader conversation about reducing waste

• Encourage employee, client and partner behaviour change towards recycling and reusable products .

• Improve existing recycling by removing the cups which cause contamination.

• Be able to create a closed loop system by buying products made from the recycled coffee cup material for use in your office, canteen and beyond.