Eco-friendly returnable cups provided to festival-goers
If you have been out in recent years and attended a feria, concert, or festival, you could not have missed these eco-cups personalized in the colors of the event!
These reusable and recyclable eco cups have become popular throughout France and are delighting the organizers, who have been able to considerably reduce their waste production and their environmental impact, as well as festival-goers, who have got into the habit of using these cups, and even collecting them!
In return for a deposit, which is usually one or two euros, the cup is given to them. Made of rigid plastic and therefore quite solid, participants can use it for the duration of the event, whether it is an evening or several days, before returning it when leaving and getting their deposit back.
A greener event for the organizers, savings for the participants, and everyone comes out a winner from the democratization of eco-cups!
Eco cups then reused
Companies specializing in reusable eco-cups are at the service of companies and the events they organize. Not content with producing, personalizing and delivering them at the time of the event, ecocup suppliers support companies throughout the event by making their lives much easier.
Indeed, eco-cup suppliers are also responsible for collecting and washing the cups when the event is over. And, when the event takes place over several days, every evening the professional collects the eco-cups returned from the day, and calculates the needs for the following day based on the number collected in order to add more. The goal is obviously to ensure that there are no shortages at the refreshment stands the next day, and to ensure a continuous party for the participants! This still represented 1.5 million cups used, collected, and washed just for the Bayonne festivals in 2017!
Eco-cups preserved but not only!
While many festival-goers like to keep their eco-cup as a souvenir of the events they attended, others prefer to return it so it can be recycled and get their deposit back, and still, others have the opportunity to participate in a good cause by donating it to a charity.
Indeed, shortly after we saw eco cups conquer festive or sporting events, we also saw large containers arrive to collect cups for a charitable cause.
By slipping your eco cup into the container, you choose to give part of the deposit to the association mentioned in it. Not only will the cup be washed and recycled, but you will also have done a good social action.
Eco-responsibility and solidarity are also values carried by this plastic container!
If you thought that the plastic cup was just a way for organizers to make money on deposits, you were wrong! A gesture for the environment, for society, a souvenir of the event… the eco-cup has more than one trick up its sleeve! Finally, to the question “Who benefits from using eco-cups?”, the answer is simple: Everyone. The planet, the associations, the festival-goers, and the organizers, we understand why these ecocups have quickly and widely established themselves!
