Some articles on paper cups, paper, cups, cup:
... Most paper cups are designed for a single use and then disposal ... Very little recycled paper is used to make paper cups because of contamination concerns and regulations ... Because most paper cups are coated with plastic, both composting and recycling of paper cups is uncommon ...
... Starbucks began using 10% recycled paper in their cups in 2004, which they claimed was the first time that recycled material had been used in a product ... Starbucks bought 2.5 billion cups for stores in North America in 2007 ... The 10% recycled paper cups used by Starbucks are not recyclable, because the plastic coating that prevents the cup from leaking also prevents it from being recycled ...
Famous quotes containing the words cups and/or paper:
“What a devil hast thou to do with the time of the day? Unless hours were cups of sack, and minutes capons, and clocks the
tongues of bawds, and dials the signs of leaping-houses, and the blessed sun himself a fair hot wench in flame-colored
taffeta, I see no reason why thou shouldst be so superfluous
to demand the time of the day.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“Apart from their other characteristics, the outstanding thing about China’s 600 million people is that they are “poor and blank.” This may seem a bad thing, but in reality it is a good thing. Poverty gives rise to the desire for change, the desire for action and the desire for revolution. On a blank sheet of paper free from any mark, the freshest and most beautiful pictures can be painted.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)