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 Muggswigz uses recyclable polystyrene cups and collects its used cups and transports them to a recycling facility, and we are proud.

  Many have tended to think that because paper cups "come from trees" they are a better choice for the environment. However the energy required to manufacture a standard insulated wax-coated paperboard cup is almost three times as much energy as required to manufacture a polystyrene cup. Standard paper cups used with corrugated cardboard sleeves require about two times the energy to produce as polystyrene cups. Fossil-fuel use is further reduced by using polystyrene cups simply because they are 90% air, and thus much lighter then paper cups, greatly reducing transportation fuel consumption.

   Since paper is not inherently waterproof, and people don't want to run the risk of serious burns if they don't finish their cup of coffee in under a minute, paper cups are coated with polyethylene, unfortunately making them unsuitable for recycling.

  Are on a mission to zero trash. We recycle our polystyrene cups, plastic jugs, all metal and glass, paper, and we compost all our organic waste, including 100% of the papery chaff waste from our roasting operation. Through these initiatives we have reduced the amount of trash we create enormously but we are looking for creative solutions to bring us all the way to zero trash.

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  We obviously believe it's important to make well-informed decisions concerning our environmental impact, and we seek to consistently improve. We have almost finished making the change to compact fluorescent bulbs, and are investigating way to further reduce our trash in hopes to one day fulfill our zero trash initiative.