Hot drink cups aren't accepted for recycling in New Zealand because it is hard to distinguish between plastic lined cups and 100 per cent paper cups. Photo / 123RFHot drink cups aren't accepted for recycling in New Zealand because it is hard to distinguish between plastic lined cups and 100 per cent paper cups. Glopac represented its hot drink cups were recyclable, on its website, social media and on the products, despite hot drink cups not being accepted into recycling streams in New Zealand. Glopac said it thought that consumers would know that, and not put their hot drink cups into recycling. Glopac has since removed all hot drink cup recycling representations from its website and social media, and is taking steps to remove them from its hot drink cups.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 14, 2021 00:11 UTC