Do not offer paper cups every Friday coffee shop push "press the cup" do you buy?

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Is the customer always supreme? In some cases, it is not. This coffee shop in Sham Shui Po has participated in the "Walking Cup Friday" scheme, refusing to provide take-away paper cups on one day of the week and switching to the "cup by cup" scheme, giving priority to environmental protection and customer convenience.

The older generation should be familiar with the matter of pressing a cup. In the past, milk, vitamin milk and soda were all sold by bottle. When you buy a drink and return it to the store, you can get back the deposit and "press the bottle". However, now that it is convenient for the world, there are still very few people who insist on serving by bottle. The concept of "walking cup Friday" is the same as that of a milk bottle, where customers take away the drink with a deposit of $50, wash the cup and return it to the store, and then get the deposit back.

Coffee shop Common room & co. Felen, one of the people in charge of the program, said that most of the responses were positive. "every Friday when guests buy takeout, we recommend the walk-cup plan, and many guests appreciate it." If a guest insists on using paper cups to take out, we will try our best to persuade him to sit down and finish his drink. In fact, it only takes a few minutes. " Refuse guest requests, are you not afraid of losing customers and losing business? "since its implementation, it has not had any impact on business. If the guests want to come back to return the cup, it is actually an increase in the chances of repeat customers. "

The "Walking Cup" campaign was initiated by the environmental protection organization Smiley Planet, which conducted a survey and estimated that Hong Kong consumes nearly 2.1 million paper cups, mixing bars and other accessories every day, causing a heavy load on landfills day and night, so it carries out a "walking cup" campaign to design portable recyclable plastic cups and give them to the public free of charge to encourage consumers to reduce waste on their own. On the other hand, "Walking Cup Friday" is extended from the individual level to the supplier level to provide "Walking Cup" to participating shops to implement waste reduction at source.

Felen also agrees with the effectiveness of the scheme. "if you do not have the idea of environmental protection and waste reduction, and you are in contact with it for the first time, the publicity effect will be much greater than that of an online photo. The shop involves a wide range of people. " Walking Cup Friday, only some restaurants take the lead in the trial. If more restaurants join in, the effect of waste reduction will be more obvious. One day a week, why not take one more step and do a little more for the earth?

Common room & co.

198 Tai Nan Street, Sham Shui Po