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Disposables - ArticlesThe demise of the British Pint GlassA safer British pint glass is being developed by an agency called Design Bridge in an effort to crack the big problem of "glassings". On behalf of the Design and Technology Alliance Against Crime, the Design Council has appointed a team of specialist designers to draw up a new kind of pint glass to help reduce the number of injuries from the Eighty Seven Thousand incidents involving glassings each year, which costs an estimated GBP100 million in NHS, police and court costs year on year. Green FestivalsAs we are now enjoying the very best the UK summer has to offer, it can only mean that the festival season is well and truly going on. Recent festivals have included the Isle of Wight Festival as well as the ever popular Glastonbury Festival. For the first time in years neither of these festivals has managed to sell out all their tickets, however the relatively recent (by comparison) Lattitude festival has proved to be more popular that ever. Eco footprints stamping on good intentionsCorporate firms far and wide are advising usabout how green they are and how many trees, birds and babies they are saving buy introducing their new "eco" merchandise to us. Whole companies have been created dedicated solely to supplying us with green merchandise, telling us on how to behave, and coincidently selling the green merchandise we must have in order to avoid Armageddon. Polycarbonate Pint glassesUnbreakable Plastic Pint Glasses and rigid Polystrene Reusable Pint Tumblers are now a common feature in pubs and nightclubs up and down the United Kingdom, increasingly so since the smoking ban. As smokers are forced outside to smoke - taking their Pint Glasses with them - so we have seen a rise in the number of "glassings" (sadly the word "Glass" is now a verb in this country "to glass") Recycled Paper TablewareIs there much difference in the quality of one paper table cloth to another? Does the method in which one is produced have much bearing on its sustainability, suitability or quality? The Champagne Flute DebateOften people question the description of One Piece Injection Moulded Plastic Champagne Flutes, the query being what does One Piece refer? This simply means that the product is in-one-piece, not in two or three pieces. There are many Champagne Flutes for sale which come with the bases not attached, these are to be attached before use. Paper Cups vs Ceramic MugsMany coffee chains in the UK and US are now offering discounts if customers take ceramic coffee cups instead of using the stores own paper cups. Seen to be greenNumerous companies all over the world are now offering for sale environmentally sound products, in our industry the most commonplace are the PLA (poly lactic acid) coated paper cups the likes of Tim Hortons and the other major coffee shops are employing in their desire to be seen as ‘green’. Green TaxesOur leaders are saving us from the threat of ‘dangerous’ disposable products! - with taxes
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