They will sometimes give you an empty one to roll up the rim anyway. Depends on the cashier.
I've wondered what the gross environmental cost of a mug vs paper cups is. Paper comes from a renewable resource; my aluminum mug does not. Presumably if I purchase a mug, and only use it two or three times, the gross cost of that is higher than if I'd just used paper in the first place, but at what point does it balance out?
As it happens, I have three aluminum mugs and use at least two of them daily, so I'm sure the cost is now less than if I'd used paper each time, but...
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Date: Monday, 6 March 2006 07:06 pm (UTC)I've wondered what the gross environmental cost of a mug vs paper cups is. Paper comes from a renewable resource; my aluminum mug does not. Presumably if I purchase a mug, and only use it two or three times, the gross cost of that is higher than if I'd just used paper in the first place, but at what point does it balance out?
As it happens, I have three aluminum mugs and use at least two of them daily, so I'm sure the cost is now less than if I'd used paper each time, but...