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A solution to takeaway coffee cup waste?

13:44 pm on 10 June 2019

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Every year New Zealanders throw away nearly 300 million disposable coffee cups - and only one out of every 400 is recycled.

So Auckland-based company Again Again has come up with a solution: renting cups out for $3, which is reimbursed upon the cup's return.

Managing director Nada Piatek joins us to explain more about the idea.

Photo: RNZ