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From the lens Should We Ban Paper Coffee Cups From The Face Of The Earth?.

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How would you respond to a levy on disposable coffee cups? (That is my favorite option.) Would it make you bring your own mug? What do you think are the pros and cons of banning coffee mugs?

  • Ruthi Feb 6, 2012 @ 3:24 pm | delete
    I am all for banning the paper coffee cups but am against a tax on using them. Sorry ... we are all taxed too much as it is!
  • Susan52 Aug 25, 2011 @ 3:58 pm | delete
    To ban or not to ban. I'm still all for banning litterbugs!
  • lisadh Jul 17, 2011 @ 9:49 pm | delete
    If every company that provides paper cups in the lunch room were to buy one cup for every employee, they would save money in the long run, and we'd all save a lot of trees.
  • WriterBuzz Sep 30, 2010 @ 3:46 am | delete
    Very nice lens. Thanks. I gave you a thumbs up, because it's a nice lens.
  • Joan4 Sep 30, 2009 @ 10:30 am | delete
    This is a good debate! I always pack my mug in my suitcase. I just don't like coffee in a paper cup. One of our local restaurants allows customers to bring their own mug, and that seems to work out well for them.
  • tandemonimom Aug 22, 2009 @ 10:36 am | delete
    Great lens, congrats on Green Lens of the Week! Lensroll returned to Reduce, Reuse, Rebag (and thanks for the blessings!).
  • KimGiancaterino May 5, 2009 @ 6:25 pm | delete
    In Italy you are served coffee in a ceramic espresso cup. Very little waste. In America, I'm pleased to see more and more people carting around their own commuter cups. Punishments and taxes on offenders just make things worse. It doesn't work for smoking, and it wouldn't work for coffee.
  • aj2008 Apr 26, 2009 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    This is a great example of a brilliant Monkey Brain lens. You present both sides of the argument so well - blessings to you for a good lens and for caring about the planet!
  • naturegirl7 Apr 11, 2009 @ 2:18 pm | delete
    Thanks for the blessing, new Angel. Welcome to the Naturally Native Squids group. Don't forget to add your lens link to the appropriate plexo and vote for it.
  • TopStyleTravel Mar 30, 2009 @ 1:06 pm | delete
    Great debate. My answer is yes and no. Only disposables that are biodegradable or can be recycled should be allowed. It it not possible to get rid of them all together, but their use should be limited. Also persons that litter should learn to be responsible. In the U.S. most of the taxes paid for roads is spent to pick up litter. Think of that the next time you hit a pot hole.
  • TheGreenerMe Mar 29, 2009 @ 10:28 am | delete
    This is a great debate! I'm going to be featuring this on A Million Ways to Go Green as the green lens of the week.
  • Heather Mar 28, 2009 @ 10:36 pm | delete
    I enjoyed your blog! I wish that I had found it sooner. I wrote a 5-part series on the Tim Horton's paper cup in January. Please check it out at: www.greeninvestigativeblog.blogspot.com
    Keep up the great job. PS, I have a commuter cup that I use every day, and I wouldn't have my coffee any other way.
  • lakeerieartists Mar 23, 2009 @ 2:29 pm | delete
    HI, great lens and it is being featured in Living the Organic LIfestyle Group! :)
  • Tuco Mar 22, 2009 @ 3:52 pm | delete
    I think it is incumbent upon Tim Horton's to make the use of travel mugs much more attractive than the use of disposable cups - they should create a much bigger price difference between the two than the current .10cents.... actually drop the price of coffee in a travel mug right down to maybe .75 cents.
    I'm actually so annoyed with Tim Horton's right now that I started a blog about it... what got me started was their work shutting down a federal government website called the Idle Free Zone.

    http://timhortonsplanet.blogspot.com
  • Cheryl Mar 20, 2009 @ 11:12 pm | delete
    Recently I saw something on T.V.. It was a film taken of an area of water from an underwater view, and all you could see floating through the water were paper cups. I work at Tim Horton's and it is amazing the amount of coffee that leaves our stores in paper cups. Meanwhile, management insists that employees use china mugs as it is less damaging to the environment (or is it really that they don't want us running up expenses?). While paper cups are a real issue, perhaps the true issue is that mankind is destroying the planet earth and beyond!
  • aj2008 Mar 20, 2009 @ 9:32 am | delete
    Great debate Brenda on a very important topic.
  • Mortira Mar 19, 2009 @ 8:32 pm | delete
    This is a really well done debate! I'm all for a ban - I never win Roll Up the Rim anyway!
    Welcome to the Green Crusaders.
  • julcal Mar 12, 2009 @ 7:18 pm | delete
    What a great important idea! 5*
  • rockycha Mar 12, 2009 @ 6:14 pm | delete
    high fivers for a well thought out, excellently presented and meaningful effort :)
  • Kylyssa Mar 11, 2009 @ 11:38 pm | delete
    Great lens and an important topic.

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