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Recycling Paper Cups at UK Vending |
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| Recycling your paper Cup | |
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Every
year, people in the UK drink millions of cups of coffee and tea from
vending and coffee machines in the workplace. Normal paper cups, often used for
hot drinks, contain an oil-based plastic lining which prevents them
from being recycled. Finding a more environmentally friendly
alternative has been a real challenge - but we overcame it! We are
proud to introduce the UK's first eco-friendly hot drinks vending cup:
The UK Vending & Flavia's N-viro cup. UKV & Flavia's new N-viro cup is an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional paper cups, which uses PLA, a bio-based plastic lining derived from corn which is fully compostable. Composting - composting is the process of breaking down organic waste into compost which can be used to add nutrients back into the soil. Flavia from Mars Drinks and UK Vending Ltd are the first to set up a collection scheme in England to help you turn your cups into compost! Flavia N-viro cups need to be composted in industrial facilities because they require specific conditions to ensure they break down… see - we thought of everything. The launch of the N-viro cup means you can now enjoy the same great tasting FLAVIA Fresh-ground Coffees and Real Leaf Teas, whilst doing your bit for the planet. For comparisons on environmental impact of paper -v- polystyrene disposable cups why not visit the informative article on 'Newsvendor' the |
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| Recycling Plastic Cups | |
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UK
Vending Ltd with Mars Drinks is a founding member of Save a Cup; a
not-for-profit organisation that collects and recycles polystyrene
(plastic) cups. The recycling scheme offered by Save a Cup allows our
customers to recycle their used plastic and papers cups reducing the amount of
waste they send to landfill sites. How does it work? When a customer has joined the Save a Cup scheme they simply need to collect all of their used plastic cups in special recycling bins. Save a Cup will collect the cups from the site on a regular basis and take them to a recycling plant to be turned into useful products, such as ice scrapers and cup trays. Since we with Mars Drinks helped to form Save a cup over one billion cups have been recycled. Each year we estimate that around 500 tonnes of plastic cups are recycled and we want to double this figure over the next couple of years. |
| For more information please visit www.saveacup.co.uk | |
| Machine Recycling | |
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As
part of our obligations under WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment) Directive we offer a collection scheme to help our customers
dispose of their old FLAVIA machines responsibly. FLAVIA machines are
collected and brought back to our machine factory for valeting. Machine
parts are then re-used in new machines or saved as spare parts wherever
possible to help maximise efficiency. If machines cannot be re-used then we are able to recycle the plastic casing in the machine as well as extracting the precious metals such as copper and goal from the electrical components. At the moment we recycle an estimated 95% of the machine. In addition to this, we also have a process to recycle the wooden base units. |
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