Last modified on Thu 20 May 2021 11.01 EDT
A Hampshire village has launched a scheme to replace all disposable cups in their village with a reusable mug that will be free for users with a simple £1 deposit.
The Overton cup will be available in all the shops and cafes along Overton’s high street, including the greengrocer, “who does a lovely soup from his leftover vegetables”, according to Alison Zarecky, chair of Sustainable Overton. Customers pay their deposit (plus another £1 if they want a lid, which are non-returnable) and then return the cup once it’s been used to any deposit point in the village.
The Overton Cup scheme aims to reduce litter and plastic waste in the village. RESIDENTS of one north Hampshire village have launched an innovative scheme which aims to eliminate disposable cups by allowing customers to hire reusable cups - the first of its kind in the county. The initiative, called Overton Cup and started by Sustainable Overton, will see people pay an extra pound when buying a hot drink to allow them to borrow the cup in any of the village s participating shops and cafes, which will then be refunded when they return it. It aims to significantly reduce waste and litter, with a village the size of Overton using and binning 150,000 disposable cups per year.