Monash
Borrow Bin
Socially Responsible Design
Monash BorrowCup is a student-led initiative which is backed and funded by the University. Their aim is to get rid of disposable coffee cups at Monash.
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The project enables people to borrow a reusable cup and return it later to a BorrowCup bin around the campus.
The service is free of charge and is available to anyone on campus. They're currently at five cafes on the campus; Cafe Nesso (LTB), Cafelito (LTB), Taste Baguette (Menzies), Church of Secular Coffee (Northern Plaza) and Wholefoods (Campus Centre).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
The use of single use plastics was one of the biggest waste issues on campus, In campus centre during the semester, the waste bins are emptied at least eight times a day.
The Monash Borrow Cup Program is reducing students' consumption of single-use coffee cups and encouraging other sustainable habits.
The borrow cup allows students and staff to be sustainable on campus, even when they forget their keep cup at home.
Most disposable cups are not recyclable due to the plastic membrane that lines them.
They contaminate our recycling and can take up to 50 years to degrade in landfill.
Monash Borrow Bin
The use of single use plastics was one of the biggest waste issues on campus, In campus centre during the semester, the waste bins are emptied at least eight times a day.
