1000 Flowers for the Planet - #41 Use Your Own Mug at Work

1000 Flowers for the Planet - #41 Use Your Own Mug at Work

A while ago my workplace (which employs thousands) encouraged us all to buy reusable mugs that we could take to the cafeteria to buy our coffee. It saves thousands of Styrofoam/waxed cardboard/plastic cups going into landfill.

Marketing people are rather good at their jobs. They have us doing all sorts of things we don’t need to do at all. Having a cup of coffee in our hands at various points in the day is one of those habits we’ve been tricked into believing we can’t be without. Drinking coffee in the car is not a safe thing to do and demonstrates either addiction, poor time management or both. Have your coffee at home out of a ceramic mug or china cup before you go to work / drop the kids off at school / meet your girlfriend at the mall – whatever (get up earlier and get yourself organised!). If you wander around the workplace with a takeaway coffee in your hand you need to take a look at your drinking habits. Why can’t you sit down for a coffee break? And if you’re drinking those 8 cups of water or sucking on a waterbottle all day, good grief! do you really need that coffee as well?

Question your drinking habits and when and where you drink. Think about what you’re doing and how much better you’ll feel if you reduce your caffeine intake – and use a reusable mug to prevent landfill expansion.