You May Soon Be Able to Eat Your Coffee Cups and Crockery on Air New Zealand
After being crowned as the World's Best Airline (knocking Singapore Airlines to #2) at the Airline Excellence Awards, Air New Zealand has announced a brand new initiative that will switch current compostable coffee cups used on-board to edible coffee cups which are vanilla-flavoured and leak-proof. In partnership with New Zealand company 'twiice', the airline has been using these cups as dessert bowls and they are now trialing edible coffee cups in the air and on the ground.
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Air New Zealand serves more than eight million cups of coffee each year so switching to an edible cup will meet sustainability challenges in reducing the stress caused by landfills. The provider of these cups are also working on a range of edible crockery with an expected rollout for 2020. The ‘twiice’ edible cup trial backs up Air New Zealand’s recent switch to plant-based cups on board all aircraft and in lounges. The plant-based cups are made from paper and corn instead of plastic, which enables the cup to break down in a commercial composter. Switching to plant-based cups is expected to prevent around 15 million cups from going to landfill annually. The airline is also encouraging customers to bring their own reusable cups on board aircraft and into its lounges.
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