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Holkham's waste and recycling bins have helpful examples of exactly what goes where.

Simple Steps

 

Cup recycling at Pret

Cans are In

For many years cans of soft drink were seen as rather cheap/common/price sensitive and bottles ruled.  Recyclable cans beat plastic anyday and are now back on trend ...... even at £2.25/£2.40 a time!

No longer just Rubbish

The big players get bin smart

Together We Can Make A Difference

The challenge ahead as on display at a branch of Starbucks - Reusable cups and one-use plastic bottles of water

Bins of the Future

Bins in Denmark have an external 'speedrail' shelf where used cans and bottles can be placed and easily picked up by those wanting to make some extra money from the refunds.  Scotland has already announced it will introduce a deposit return scheme.

Simple Recycling

Simple, effective recycling point in cafe at Cliveden

Room Recycling

 Yeatman Hotel, Porto encourages guests to recycle

Recycle

Costa gets ahead with coffee cup recycling

Carpet Coffee

Costa say they recycle their old coffee sacks into carpet underlay plus their cups are made from sustainable wood pulp (small problem with the plastic film inside the cups which prevents their easy recycling but am sure they are working on it).

Recycling Design

 Cork and bottle top door screen

Hit the Spot

Veggie Pret has definitely hit the spot, is now a permanent store and may have a limited roll out

 

Green cutlery a nice touch

Re-enjoyable

Starbucks' reusable cups - Recyclable and Re-enjoyable

Cushion Chic

Hessian coffee bean bags make the ultimate inexpensive, recycled, stylish sofa accessory at The Grocer Market Tavern in Spitalfields.

Free Waste

Starbucks at Corley Services have a clever way of reducing waste, promoting recycling and themselves - just more coffee consumption needed!  @StarbucksUK

Serious Recycling

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and their caterer Sodexo, are serious about recycling with notices on every outside table plus the appropriate bins.

Outside Seating & Walls

Wood wall at The Pig in the New Forest

Plastic north of King's Cross Station

Wood at The Espresso Room on Great Ormond Street

Tables made from recycled shampoo bottles at the Real Food Cafe, Tyndrum

Crystal Cafe

Sodexo Prestige operate the cafe in The Crystal http://www.thecrystal.org/_html/about/about.html - a stunning new sustainable conference centre and exhibition building in East London.  Check out the adjacent Emirates Air Line cable car across the Thames which links the Crystal to the O2 arena.

Packaging and display is well thought through

Clear recycing messages

I Am Not A Plastic Cup

As we recycle more and more at home the pressure is on us caterers.  Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is ahead of the game with its free water cups.  Customers want to see sustainability in action.

Coffee Recycling

Notcutts garden centres tell the story of their coffee grounds being mixed with sheep wool and then sold as a fertiliser.  See more at Greencup Coffee.