British
entrepreneur and engineer Martin Myerscough, has come up with world's first
fully recyclable paper cup. The innovation has the potential to divert millions
of cups away from landfill.
Conventional paper
cups are made from paper laminated with plastic. This aspect makes them
difficult to recycle. The plastic layer is intended to keep the drink warm and
stop the paper from getting wet. Since
separating the lining from the cup is very cumbersome, most companies do not
bother about it. They send them straight to land fillings instead.
The new cup has a
thin film liner that is designed to separate easily from the paper in the
recycling process. The left over paper can be easily recycled. It can come back
to us in the form of newsprint.
The innovator
Myerscough said: "I always thought it was such a waste that disposable
coffee cups couldn't be easily recycled. In these times of limited resources
and diminishing landfill space, a single-use cup that can't be recycled is an
indulgence we just cannot afford. I hope Green Your Cup will make a difference
to how people think about the wastefulness of some of our everyday habits “.
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