The National Retail Association says the change brings Victoria in line with most of the nation, but takeaway drinks are difficult."Anything that needs to hold water, needs to protect people from burns. And food safety must come first."
"We don't want to have a situation where we create unintended consequences, by bringing in bans quicker than we have been able to develop solutions."Western Australia is considering phasing in changes to takeaway cups this year, and a growing number of Victorian eateries are taking the plunge without a government push.At the University of Melbourne, 15 eateries have signed up to a shared mug scheme.
"It is actually, quite a challenge. We turn away quite a few customers," the cafe's Luke Phillips said.Luke Phillips says his cafe has to turn away customers occasionally as it aims to eliminate waste.
Will Bill Gates
Vomiting, my cup runneth over
Everyone needs to get over the fucking environment.
Why not? It'd probably taste better than Macca's!
Simply put No….
No but I would happily add it to my compost!
Remember when social commentators frowned upon keep cups being used during a vital (not bacterial) epidemic, and added all those disposable cups to landfill with all those masks?
I'd pay attention to the abc if it did serious journalism: ita must go
Who uses a cup
Depends on the flavour
The problem of single use plastics is not consumption it's manufacturers and importers supply ?
Would you eat cow manure to save the environment
Why not? We eat the ice cream cone!!
Wouldn’t the cups then need to be packaged in single use plastic for food safety reasons? …and the baristas would also go through more disposable plastic gloves.
No
This cup effectively discriminates against those with Celiacs Disease...so no.
Stupid question on all fronts
You want us to eat our coffee cups now? Do you know how many covid masks and tests are in the ocean? Do you know how much of the world's pollution comes from china and Africa? Paper straws were bad enough. Stop flying 1100 jets to climate meetings every year.
if it was edible
It’s a stupid idea, but the media keeps reporting in this one startup
No.
ewwww
Would you put your head up a cows arse to stop it from farting….
ABC does it again, what a bullshit story. Edible cups, are you serious. I'll let you know how the boil on my ass is going so you can monitor my progress on the 7pm news.
The fucking ABC has come to this.
No, their hands are on it
Nope.
The herd will be steered accordingly, and will feel one-up on us plebs who use washable non-plastic cups.
Why is the ABC not reporting the fact that a top Pfizer executive just said on camera that they will be producing a bio weapon to sell there vaccines.. are they just sweeping it under the carpet..
No
Indeed I would
Storage of these cups would be a worry.
Already do, but it’s a treat
Honestly we can see people into space but can’t invent a coffee cup that is disposable or withstand heat..
This is such nonsense. Stop the propaganda.
Hard to believe coffee shops almost did not exist 50 years ago. Now they're half a dozen to every city block. Cities were a bit of a ghost Town on weekends though. Ripleys believe it or not.
“Eggs are bad” “gas stoves bad” but they want to turn u into a garbage disposal to save the planet. 🤣 And you’ll do it too.
Tried the cup it’s like a nice little weedbix … big fan of it !
No....
Why would i ruin my coffee hit with a cardboard chaser ?
ABCscience It’s probably filthy after being handled by several people and not treated the same as a food item so NO!
Only if the cup and coffee are made from bugs
No, I just use a proper washable/reusable cup
How many grams of carbohydrates is in it first?
Bread bowl soup areas
What about the Twitter Files ABC?
Considering they are unsweetened I think in the long run this will just increase food waste
Only if it's made from organically raised, carbon neutral cockroachs.
Well, according to the show Beyond 2000, i should already be able to eat my coffee cup made from potato statch.
Or just use cups at home that last many, many years before needing to be replaced 🙋♂️🙆♂️🙅♂️🤷♂️
Just have coffee at home, how hard is that?
I don't drink coffee or tea...so that is a definite no...my caffeine fix from diet coke in bottles are recycled :)!
This coral reef is doing just fine, Greta.
Only if it’s chocolate
F..k me, the world has officially lost the plot.
Already do
Hilarious. High-school grade journalism. Do you want to save the environment by eating your coffee cup? 🤦
Look At them, Stereo typical LWNJ’s. The man bun, the little Mo. OMG it’s hilarious.
No. It’s carbs - find something else.