We talk to the people in the first Irish town to ditch disposable coffee cups
In another game changing move for the ‘jewel in the Kerry’s crown’ businesses have turned their backs on disposable coffee cups blighting the streets and national park.
But if customers forget, they can buy a reusable 2GoCup for €2 deposit that’s refundable when the cup is returned to participating Killarney locations and 350 others nationwide. “Killarney is a major tourist destination - as Kerry people we would say it is the jewel in the eye of the crown.“Millions of people come here and if this can be achieved in a place like this... it’s there for any other city or town to take example.”
She told us: “Killarney, in some newspaper articles, was described as best seen through the rear view mirror of a car - in other words - a dirty town.“It took us a long time to get to where we are now.“We know from our volunteers who are out every evening all year round the big issue now is coffee cups.“Our volunteers come from all walks of life, Ukranian refugees and people from direct provision who are helping keep Killarney clean.
“It’s 46 businesses coming together to say we will no longer use single use coffee cups... that would end up in landfill or litter.“This project keeps the cost of takeaway coffee unchanged for customers,” he added.Kevin Murphy, Founder and CEO of 2GoCup, will be providing the reusable cups used in the scheme.
“The biggest concern for us was that not everybody in Killarney was going to sign up to it - once everybody bought in, it does create that circular economy.
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