Dorset Council - Did you know 60,000 kilograms of plastic waste from disposable coffee cups is directed to landfill each year in Australia, and can take about 50 years to break down? (
Biome - Choose to reuse! 1 million disposable coffee cups enter landfill every minute. Many cannot be recycled as they are lined with polyethylene and take up to 50 years to degrade.
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