Again Again Returnable Takeaway Containers

ScoobyNZ on 05/10/2022 - 08:46
Last edited 05/10/2022 - 15:36 by 1 other user

Saw this advertised recently.. this company is introducing this to cafes and takeaway all over the place for the time when disposable coffee cups and takeaway containers are made illegal.

Sign up to the program and you can use the containers free of charge as long as you return them again.

https://www.againagain.co/

The main question I have is whether the containers can be returned to anywhere in the network or if they have to be returned to where they were borrowed from. Answer to come soon, hopefully!

Answer from A-A:

Any cup and container can be returned to any cafe that trades in those containers - so Havana cups can be returned to any Havana cafe, and any Again Again container can be returned to any cafe who is using those Again Again containers. If you borrow a beer flagon form Garage Project, you can't return it to a cafe (for obvious reasons!)

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  Wakrak on 05/10/2022 - 08:59

  Interesting concept. Coffee cup version of this has been available in Hamilton with particular cafes for a few years now (Hayes Common comes to mind. Yet to use the service myself though.

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    Wakrak on 05/10/2022 - 09:06

    Looks like this might be company I was thinking of! Although I thought there were more than two cafes using this system in Hamilton.

    Guess I don't know as much as I thought.

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    n908671 on 05/10/2022 - 18:17

    I just use my keep cup. Some places even give you a discount if you bring your own one.

    I do like Raglan's ugly mug system - basically people donate their own crockery (cups) and they give you your coffee in one instead of a disposable. When you've got too many mugs cluttering your home/work/car you just bring them back.

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  Everettpsycho on 05/10/2022 - 22:29

  I've got a couple of the old cups sitting around the house, I like the concept but really needs to be more widely adopted to work well. Trouble we have is we usually stumble on a cafe using them so don't have our cups on hand to swap out, and cades using them don't offer a takeaway cup so you end up having to pay for another one if you want a take away coffee. I'd it was more common I'd be more likely to keep the cup around to swap of I fancy a coffee.

  We do use the cups from time to time at home, but be warned they are awful with hot liquids, being steel as they just conduct the heat straight through. When you get one it has a cardboard sleeve to hold but I've not found a silicon sleeve I could use so take a coffee from home out in one of them.

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  ScoobyNZ on 06/10/2022 - 08:57

  Yes I agree there definitely needs to be good uptake, but like everything, it has to start somewhere, and once mass adoption comes in, it'll be better.

  Good for those who live / work close to local cafes, but not so good for travellers or people outside those areas. Hence why I wanted to know if the cups could be returned to anywhere in the network, not just where they originally came from.