The Bee Cup
Will the Bee Cup be winging its way to a café near you? The distinctive black and yellow cup can be returned to any participating café.
We’re working with the University of Manchester and In Our Nature to bring the Bee Cup to hot drink retailers across the city. It’s already working well on campus and in cafés on Oxford Road.
If your business sells hot drinks to take away, you can make a big difference. By using returnable cups, rather than throwaway ones. In the UK, we throw away over 2.5billion single-use cups every year. That’s a lot of waste!
The University of Manchester’s campaign to sip sustainably has created a buzz. With 10,000 app downloads in the first month.
In the first eight months, there were more than 27,000 cup checkouts from 24 locations. Over 6,500 active Bee Cup users and 99.6% of cups returned.
That’s saved huge amount of waste from landfill and more than 4,500kg of CO2.
The Bee Cup is ready to spread its wings to more venues in Manchester.
To find out more about the Bee Cup and how you can get involved email ZCT@manchester.gov.uk.