Until recently, we all thought that our takeaway coffee cups were recyclable – but thanks to Craig from the War on Waste, we found out this isn’t true! Coffee cups have a plastic lining, so they can’t be recycled in Australia, except Biocups – which can be put in your organics bin (see list below for those cafes that stock biocups).
A number of Bendigo cafes offer a discount for bringing in your CLEAN reusable cup:
$1 discount if you bring your clean reusable cup:
- Crooked Kitchen 3/287 Lyttleton Terrace
80c discount if you bring your clean reusable cup:
- Everbean Cafe 22 Williamson Street
50c discount if you bring your clean reusable cup:
- The Anxious Goat 380 Hargreaves Street
- Bendigo Foodstore 40 Strickland Road
- Loaded Plate 521 Napier Street
- Mother Bean Mobile Coffee Trailer in Central Victoria
- Mr Grimsby 2/35 Wills Street
- Old Green Bean 179 Lyttleton Terrace
- RedWell Cafe Bendigo Library, Hargreaves Street
- Sim’r 236 Hargreaves Street
- Vahland’s Bistro Bendigo TAFE, Hargreaves Street
- Wholefoods Kitchen 314 Lyttleton Terrace
Other deals, if you bring your own clean reusable cup:
- Brougham Arms 150 Williamson Street – 20c discount if you BYO cup
- Cafe El Beso 87 View Street Get your 8th coffee free
- Coffee Man at Lake Weeroona – $3 in your own cup
- El Gordo Chancery Lane – they offer a discount, but we’re not sure how much
- Ex Lion Tamer 143 Mollison Street – they offer prepaid coffee cards at $50/$70 for 20 x regular (8oz)/large (12oz) coffees.
- Hoo-gah (Fountain Court, Mitchell Street) offers a 10% discount
- Sweeney’s La Trobe University – they offer a large refill for the price of a regular
- The Coffee Box Bendigo Hospital – they only charge you for a small coffee
You can purchase NEW reusable cups from these cafes:
- Bendigo Wholefoods 314 Lyttleton Terrace (various – bamboo, stainless steel & glass too)
- Everbean Cafe 22 Williamson Street (BioCup 12oz (M) $9.80)
- Get Naked Espresso Mitchell Street & View Street (Frank Green)
- Hoo-gah Fountain Court, Mitchell Street (KeepCup) and get your first coffee free
- Mr Grimsby 2/35 Wills Street – own brand
- Old Green Bean 179 Lyttleton Terrace (KeepCup)
- Percy and Percy Cnr Hargreaves & Baxter Streets (Joco)
- Sim’r 236 Hargreaves Street (Joco)
This post from Choice and this from carsales may help with your reusable cup purchase decision making.
as well as these fabulous, locally-owned stores:
- Gathered 79 View Street (Frank Green)
- Hunt Gather Grow 291 Lyttleton Terrace (Kleen Kanteen)
- Living Quarters 108 Lowndes Street (Cheeki)
- Mad Hatters Tea Shop Bath Lane (various, including the Mighty Mug)
BioCup (or recyclable) takeaway coffee cups are also used at the following cafes:
- Bendigo Corner Store Cafe 305 View Street
- Cafe Essence 53 Bull Street
- Harvest 55 View Street
- Spring Gully General Store 134 Spring Gully Road
- Wholefoods Kitchen 314 Lyttleton Terrace
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