On Dec 30 2009, 7:34*pm, Miles Bader > wrote:
> Tex > writes:
> > It might improve the taste of the coffee if they used a more aromatic
> > paper! ;-) I've been aware of the difference between post-production
> > and post-consumer recycling for decades. To my mind there's a huge
> > difference between the two, and there should be a distinction made on
> > the recycling labels.
>
> How common is it to use post-consumer recycled waste for food uses?
> I wonder if the additional processing required to make it suitable for
> that (non-toxic, no weird flavors, mechanically robust enough to hold
> hot liquids well) might make it not so much of a win as you'd think.
>
> Personally I prefer getting café coffee in a mug (it stays hot longer,
> and just feels nicer), but many places like sbux seem to push paper
> cups, I gather because they're trying to encourage people to leave once
> they've bought something...
>
> [anyone know how the environmental cost of washing a cup -- energy /
> water / chemicals -- compares to producing a new paper cup...?]
>
> -Miles
>
> --
> Omochiroi!

OH for shit sakes -- all the cups are lined with plastic or other, you
aren't drinking the paper.

"dim recesses of my mind" indeed! LOL!