Recap: Edible Coffee Cup, Necker Island Price Increase & More

My Kiva spend experiment by Frequent Miler.
Air New Zealand trials edible coffee cups to combat waste by BBC. I’m sure people will find a reason to hate this. I always think it’s nice when companies try to reduce their waste and I don’t think you can argue the standard case of this being a cost cutting measure and nothing to do with benefiting the environment.

United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz to Step Down by WSJ
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tuphat (@guest_854194)

December 6, 2019 13:48

#854194

I don’t know anything about New Zealand, but in the the United States:

(1) Paper cups are made from trees planted specifically for manufacturing purposes. Less demand = fewer trees planted = fewer forestry jobs.

(2) The country as a whole has many future years of landfill capacity based on existing supply. Regional future capacity issues can be addressed by building new, modern landfills.

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William Charles(@will)

December 6, 2019 19:18

#854370

tuphat

> The country as a whole has many future years of landfill capacity based on existing supply

Lol ‘let’s not worry about how much waste we are creating because we’ve already cleared space for it’. As soon as that landfill fills up we will need to create more space.

Geo (@guest_854444)

December 7, 2019 01:16

#854444

William Charles

>> Lol ‘let’s not worry about how much waste we are creating because we’ve already cleared space for it’

By that measure, why promote flying? The CO2 emissions waste from this crowd alone is greater than most nations. Shouldn’t we just promote discounts on public transportation and leave it at that?
Also, all these Black Friday sale orders have also caused a lot of CO2 emissions.
This site promotes and encourages wasteful lifestyles.

December 7, 2019 20:18

#854657

Geo

> By that measure, why promote flying?

Well I do promote taking trains/buses when they are comparable options.

YoniPDX (@guest_854079)

December 6, 2019 11:15

#854079

Edible cups on an Airline? Seriously bad idea.

I don’t want to eat a cup that someone has handled even gloved (are FA they going to wear latex gloves during meals and bev service)?

Yes I know they normally give you a napkin – but people change kids nappies on those tray backs. Planes are more like flying petri dishes.

I think compostable cups are fine and also better for environment than plastic for environment.

Frank (@guest_854101)

December 6, 2019 11:48

#854101

YoniPDX

My only concern would be the handling you mention — all food you otherwise receive is full pre-wrapped and only you touch it. Not sure how they can avoid touching the “cup”. Aside from that it seems no different than any other food (notice the picture shows it in a bowl)

YoniPDX (@guest_854106)

December 6, 2019 11:55

#854106

Frank

I didn’t read that article, I read a different source the other day – that actually looks more like something that would be served in a premium cabin rather than coach –

it does change my perception a little seeing the biscotti image. Not a huge a biscotti fan – now a strufalewaffle cone with some Vanilla ice cream sounds yummy.

Peter (@guest_854107)

December 6, 2019 11:56

#854107

Since you aren’t required to eat those cups, just consider them compostable and there’s no problem?

Chunk (@guest_854405)

December 6, 2019 21:16

#854405

Peter

Passengers will be required to eat the cups.

Amy (@guest_854121)

December 6, 2019 12:18

#854121

I did not read the article so I don’t have more details to go on that what’s been said here, but I don’t know, it doesn’t seem all that different to me than any vegetable or fruit where you eat its skin. I’m sure plenty of people have handled those things prior to my eating them, and I have (almost) no qualms about doing so without wiping them down or washing them beforehand. I haven’t ever gotten sick, and I’m not dead.