So the rest of the population gets coffee/water in a plastic cup which then gets thrown away (or best case scenario, recycled) anyway? What is gained by this solution? This is where the problem comes in with the envioronmental agenda. Restrictions are forcefully imposed on everyone that don't solve the actual problem anyway. We recycle more now than ever in this country, and I hope we can continue to make reasonable progress via curbside programs, etc. Yet we've never heard more about how horribly we are treating our planet. I don't get it. There's obviously a larger goal in mind here, and I don't want to even speculate what it actually is.

As a side note I was actually thinking of this exact issue on my commute the other day and wondered when we'd start seeing can crushers in the galleys, so that they could be put in a separate bin/bag to be recycled. Good thread.