Reusable coffee cup schemes
Cup Solutions offers a comprehensive rental and washing solution for reuse systems and events in Austria. The company has a stock of over two million cups available for rent, mostly made from styrene acrylonitrile resin (SAN). Offering different size cups for both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, Cup Solutions customers include leading entertainment establishments and event organisers in Austria.
The Mycoffeecup initiative – a collaboration between Cup Solutions and the City of Vienna – provides a reusable cup solution for outlets serving takeaway coffee. The goal is to reduce the 84 million single-use beverage containers used in Vienna annually.
Similar local initiatives include BackCup and K2go. Some outlets offer a small discount (on average EUR 0.20) on coffee ordered with the deposit cups.
All these solutions have the same aim: to reduce the massive waste that is produced by single-use coffee cups. Thankfully the movement is growing, because at 6.65 kg per person per year, Austria ranks seventh in the world for coffee consumption.
