The Cup Project: Jun 2020

Watch The Cup Project video here 

In 2020, the Cup Project brought together local cafes and schools to reuse cups.

The project was sucsseful in educating and reducing the amount of single-use takeaway coffee cups going to landfill from our Grey Lynn community.

During the challenging 2020, COVID-19 year we managed to start the 8-week feasibility study launching into Plastic FREE July.

Our awesome community created reusable coffee cups made from recycled glass jars, wrapped in cup cozies or heatbands from a variety of recycled materials.

These little awesome creations were dubbed  “#KohaCup”.

Over 400 Koha Cups were made available in six local Grey Lynn cafés; (Ozone, Tart, Crumb,  Urban Jungle and the Coffee Store at the Grey Lynn Farmers Market).

The concept was for people to take their coffee away from one of the participating cafes in a #KohaCup and bring it back the next time.

They swapped out the used jar for a fresh one, and the used jar was washed for future use. And they get to hold on to their gorgeous handmade coffee cup sleeve and use it again.

The #KohaCup came at no extra charge with the kaupapa of supporting our community to move away from single use.

The story of The Cup Project has been shared with participants and the wider community in online events and presentations.

A huge thank you to the Waitematā Local Board for their support on this project.

#Refuse #Reuse #Recycle #Upcycle #notowastenz #takeawaythrowaways #KohaCup