When Simon Karlik saw rubbish bins overflowing with water bottles, coffee cups and takeaway food containers, he thought the amount of waste was “just insane”.
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| The backlash against takeaway coffee cups is growing. |
“I thought, can’t we go back to, in my terms, grandma's day, where you didn't rely on this very lazy option of just using something once and throwing it away,” says Karlik.
That prompted Karlik to start Cheeki, the Sydney-based company which makes vacuum-insulated stainless steel coffee cups you can carry to your cafe.
Today, his company, which produces a range of eco-friendly food and drink containers, turns over between $3 million to $4 million.
Read Christine D’Mello’s story in The Sydney Morning Herald - “Rise of the eco-cup enterprises as war on waste steps up.”
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