Monash
Borrow Bin
Socially Responsible Design
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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.
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The borrow cup allows students and staff to be sustainable on campus, even when they forget their keep cup at home.
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Most disposable cups are not recyclable due to the plastic membrane that lines them.
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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.
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