These coffee cups are made from discarded coffee bean shells

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As the world's largest coffee chain, Starbucks consumes about 4 billion disposable cups worldwide each year. If consumers want to reduce this waste, they can certainly bring their reusable cups to the coffee shop. But Australian startup Huskee has a better idea. Its reusable cups are actually made from coffee bean shells that are often discarded.

According to the company, the world produces more than 1.48 million tons of coffee bean shell waste every year. Although these shells have been used as fertilizer, most of them have been dumped. Huskee is currently buying coffee bean shells from coffee plantations in Yunnan, China, and converting them into a ceramic resin. The resin, which is used to make coffee cups, is reported to be crack resistant, stackable and recyclable through microwave oven / dishwasher safety tests.

Other features of the coffee cup include a design to reduce the surface area on both sides to avoid scalding customers' fingers. In addition, it is said that the thermal insulation effect of this resin is better than that of conventional ceramics.

Huskee has launched crowdfunding for the coffee cup on Kickstarter, and the company has designed three different models of cups and accompanying plates. The price of four 6-ounce (180 ml) cups is 45 Australian dollars (234 yuan).