Cafes throughout Bendigo have welcomed a recent call for cigarette-style warnings to be placed on the lids of takeaway coffee cups to raise awareness about their impact on the environment.
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Sim’R manager Grace Blakemore welcomed the call for the new warnings, but highlighted the importance of positive messages.
“The messages need to focus on positive reinforcement rather than negative,” Ms Blakemore said.
“You want people to feel good about their actions.”
Old Green Bean manager Sally Donaldson said more needed to be done to educate people on the plastics which were used to manufacture take-away coffee cups.
“The problem with the plastic lining on the cups is recycling facilities don’t have the capacity to recycle them because the lining may affect the processing machinery,” Ms Donaldson said.
An online petition calling for the warnings has received 23,600 signatures.
The petition will be presented to Minister for Environment and Energy Josh Frydenberg.