Posts by Steph

We’re so proud to be partnering with Pic’s Peanut Butter, Pomeroy’s Coffee and Sublime Coffee Roasters to bring CupCycling to more than 20 cafés across Nelson Tasman, including PC Eatery, the café in the newly opened Pic’s Peanut Butter World. Watch this space for our full news update with all participating outlets…coming soon!

We are so thrilled to welcome Dunedin City into our CupCycling family! Last week, 23 cafes in Dunedin rolled out with CupCycling and more are coming on board as we speak. A big thank you to Leigh McKenzie from Dunedin City Council, Allison Wallace from Keep New Zealand Beautiful, Laura Cope from Use Your Own…

After bonding over a commitment to create iconic products made to be used and re-used, we are excited to announce that we’re partnering with Blunt Umbrellas for Christmas. As a special offer from Monday 3 December till Sunday 9 December you can buy a limited-edition Blunt umbrella and matching IdealCup – “Blunt + IdealCup” –…

We are so very proud to announce that our sister business, Celcius Coffee in Motueka, has solely diverted 10,000 single-use cups from landfill via CupCycling™ at its Roastery Espresso Bar. Check out the Nelson Mail/Stuff coverage and video here  

We are so incredibly proud to be spreading our movement far and wide…beyond the shores of Aotearoa…and all the way to British Colombia in Canada! Jeni Arnott from Play Grounds Café in Prince George was so inspired by CupCycling™ that she’s rolled it out, which has in turn encouraged others like Col Juicery to come on…

We are so proud to announce that Titirangi officially launched CupCycling™ on 24 October! There are five cafes in Titirangi participating in CupCycling™, as part of the Love Titirangi initiative and following the success of using reusable boomerang bags in the village. [Pictured above from left to right: Our very own Steph Fry with Karen Swainson, Michele…

Great to see corporate customers coming on board with CupCycling™! NZ Post has signed up to CupCycling™ via Kanteen café in its NZ Post House headquarters in Wellington, which houses up to 1200 staff. Kanteen café is the first Wellington City CupCycling™ outlet, and through the scheme will make a positive difference towards reducing single-use…

We are over the moon to announce that CupCycling™ has been rolled out in 10 cafés in Upper Hutt this week, with the support of Upper Hutt City Council!! Upper Hutt City Council Sustainability Officer, Sarah Cole says, “We really encourage people to sit down and enjoy their coffee or if they’re on the run,…

Some of you may have seen the story that Fair Go ran on 13 August (https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/fair-go) about the scourge of small plastic beads called ‘nurdles’ on our beaches. Nurdles are use as the building blocks of plastic cups and containers. We wanted to reassure everyone who buys an IdealCup that our manufacturer Synapco (who was referred…

There’s so much exciting stuff happening at IdealCup, where do I begin! Let’s start with the exciting action happening with CupCycling around NZ and in Canada! Yep, word’s got out that little ‘ol NZ is punching above its weight and CupCycling is the way of the future. Our wonderful new friends in Prince George, British Colombia, Canada, have placed their first order for several cafes joining the “Perk…