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Mar 2021

Last Updated: 12/03/2021
Business
Business

Baltzersen's to trial reusable cups again after covid

by Connor Creaghan

| 12 Mar, 2021
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Covid stopped cafes allowing re-useable cups. Big chains like Starbucks and Costa have been accepting them since summer but take up has been patchy across independents.

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Baltzersen's is waging war once again on single use cups after a brief ceasefire brought on by coronavirus.

Concern over spread of the virus forced all coffee shops to stop accepting reusable cups as a route to safely open up businesses.

Big chains like Starbucks and Costa have accepted them since summer but take up has been patchy across independents.

The move back to reusables is being trialled in the Knaresborough cafe as it starts to serve coffee for the first time.



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Paul Rawlinson, owner of Baltzersen's, believes that the environmental impact of coronavirus has gone under the radar.

He told the Stray Ferret:

"We stopped using disposable cups in 2018 but we had to bring them back in order to reopen the business. It's not something we wanted to do.
"I know some are worried about staff handling the cups but basic hygiene like washing hands will make it perfectly safe.
"The time is right to bring back the reuseable cups. We just want people to have that option again."


If the trial in Knaresborough goes well, Baltzersen's will look at rolling it out in its Harrogate cafe and bakery.