Did you know that convenient disposable coffee cups are not recyclable, not in the Toronto blue bin program anyway. Apparently the cups are lined with plastic so they should just go to landfills. They also do not accept black lids, other colours are fine. Recycling machines cannot distinguish black plastic from the conveyor belt so it cannot be sorted. And even if it could be sorted, there is no market for black plastic. The paper sleeves are recyclable. There is a cost to the convenience of 'coffee on the go'.
I was guilty of throwing coffee cups into the recycle bin thinking they are made of paper, not knowing that they have plastic liners. Unfortunately, I hardly see people bringing their own mugs.
I was guilty of throwing coffee cups into the recycle bin thinking they are made of paper, not knowing that they have plastic liners. Unfortunately, I hardly see people bringing their own mugs.