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New Zealand's great disposable coffee cup conundrum

Disposable debate

New Zealand's great disposable coffee cup conundrum

By Andy Kenworthy

It’s 2018, and we’re still having a global debate about single-use, disposable items such as coffee cups, plastic straws, cheap wooden chopsticks, and more. Here in the Land of the Long White Cloud, the issue of what to do with disposable coffee cups – and how to get rid of them without polluting the planet – is burning as hot as ever.

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