Buy reusable You may notice that there isnβt a #recycling symbol with a corresponding number on many of these cups, this is due to the #non-recyclable composite plastic that makes up roughly 95% of single coffee cups produced. This has left many consumers, whose intentions were in the right place, putting their waste in the wrong place. According to the City of Toronto, residents and businesses wrongly toss 10 million of the cups β 90 tons β into recycling bins across the city in one year alone. Thatβs just one city! Besides the non-recyclable #plastic, the cups also have metal foil on top, a paper filter and coffee grounds inside. Itβs essentially four waste streams in one product that are nearly impossible to separate with its current design. Even the inventor of the #K-Cup, John Sylvan laments ever creating the product due to the environmental impact it has created. #shark #sharkgeeks #sharkgeek #coffee #coffeepods #reusable #sustainableliving #saveourearth
