#plastic cups

Why You Should NEVER Drink From Paper/Plastic Cups

Excerpt from this story from Earther/Gizmodo:

Live Nation, the company behind some of your favorite concerts, wants you to know that it has a soul. The events promoter and venue operator pledged $5 million to TURN, an environmental startup, to bring their high-tech, reusable cups to its events and shows.

What if I told you the worst part of drinking at a concert isn’t actually the overpriced and watered-down beer, but the fact that the plastic cup you’re drinking out of is going right into a landfill after you throw it on the venue floor? Well Live Nation, dubbed one of the world’s largest live entertainment companies, is trying to change that with an investment in reusable cups.

“By investing in TURN, Live Nation is able to make events at our venues and festivals more sustainable,” said Live Nation president and CEO Michael Rapino in a press release. “By rolling out real world solutions at scale we hope this helps the whole industry find solutions.”

TURN’s cup return is pretty simple: Guests at a concert or event will receive a reusable, plastic or aluminum cup that can be refilled throughout the event. When they’re ready to return their drinking vessel, concertgoers will scan a barcode on the bottom and drop it into TURN’s collection bins. TURN will then wash the cups to reuse them—the company claims on their website that their dishwashing technology is 700% faster than traditional dishwashers. Guests are encouraged to return the cup instead of taking it home by receiving rewards on the TURN app when the cup is safe and sound in the collection bin.

Plastic cups: Chapter 9 - Compromise over conflict

& that's a wrap!

Recycling Plastic Cups 

A wonderful way to recycle plastic cups is to grow plants in them.They are the perfect size for sowing seeds and growing cuttings for. Just make sure to pierce a couple of holes on the bottom of the cup for water drainage.

I usually take cuttings in late summer or early spring.I fill the cups with loose soil (either compost or torf) ,place my cuttings in it and cover the lid. The hole in the lid allows for air to come in as well as creating humidity around the plant to encourage root growing.

In the photos you can see sage,lavender and rosemary cuttings I took in late August.Now that is almost end of November, they’re all rooted healthy growing plants.

The best thing about these cups is that you can use them again and again.

Plastik Bardakları Geri Dönüştürmek

Plastik bardakları geri dönüştürmenin en iyi yollarından biri de içlerinde bitki yetiştirmek! Derinlikleri hem tohumdan fide yetiştirmeye, hem de bitki köklendirmeye çok uygun. Altına su drenajı için birkaç delik açtınız mı hazırsınız demektir!

Köklendirme için bitkilerden çelikleri yaz sonu veya ilkbahar başında alıyorum. Bardakları geçirgen bir toprakla (kompost,torf veya çam toprağı) dolduruyorum,çelikleri en az bir göz toprağa girecek şekilde toprağa yerleştiriyorum ve kapağı kapatıyorum. Kapaktaki delik hem içeri havanın girmesini sağlıyor hem de köklenme için gerekli olan nemin oluşmasını sağlıyor.

Fotoğraflarda Ağustos sonunda aldığım adaçayı,lavanta ve biberiye çeliklerini görebilirsiniz. Şimdi, Kasım sonuna geldik, hepsi güzelce köklendiler ve sağlıkla büyüyorlar.