Plastic Cups

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Alternative Ways to Recycle

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Solo Cup Brigade®

You can send in any rigid, plastic #6 cup to the Solo Cup Brigade, which is a free recycling program through TerraCycle.

Ways to Reduce

Purchase Reusable Cups

Red Cup Living makes a reusable cup that looks like the classic red Solo® cups. Consider purchasing these cups as an alternative to the disposable cup, in order to reduce your plastic waste.

Did You Know?

Plastic #6 Is Difficult to Recycle

The United States throws away enough plastic cups and disposable dinnerware to wrap around the Earth three hundred times if stacked together. Why can’t these plastics cups be recycled? Solo cups are made from polystyrene, or plastic #6, which is not recycled by most cities.

Plastic in Our Bodies
