Why Unocup?
Coffee drinkers want a cup which they feel will contribute to waste reduction, while still keeping the convenience and great feeling of drinking coffee on the go. So far, it has been difficult to find a solution that is both pleasant to use and environmentally friendly.
Unocup achieves this through a well-tested folding design to create its own lid as an integrated top. The cup is a breeze to fold, hold, drink from, and reopen - no need to worry about the lid popping off or the cup breaking away when held from the above.
8.25 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean each year.
Saving the planet, one cup at a time.
plastic lids produce an estimate of over 20,000 tons of waste each year.
In today’s environment, big impacts happen through small changes over a large scale.
Plastic lids often do not get recycled and, in turn, pollute our oceans. Straws have previously garnered wide-spread attention due to their impact on ocean pollution, but in fact plastic lids make up to 8 times more of ocean waste than straws do.
With Unocup, the entire cup life cycle becomes more streamlined and sustainable. Collecting used paper cups becomes easier since customers will no longer need to deposit lids and cups into two different collection bins. Users won’t need to fiddle and look for a lid, or worry about using one or not, therefore creating a more comfortable drinking experience.
Lids do not need to be manufactured, stored, or transported, therefore saving on energy, materials, and time.
Easier than a traditional lid.
At an estimated 4 million coffee lids a day, NYC alone uses about 1.5 billion lids a year -
enough to create a trail of lids 3.5X the length of Earth’s circumference.
