Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Updated Map of Found Cups




Discarded Comfort January Total: 71 Found Coffee Cups

So the last 2 weeks have been weak.  I was sick for a few days and it snowed twice (which covers the cups) so I didn't collect as many as I had intended. Those are my excuses for a low turn out...I will do better next month I swear!

I'm going on a coffee cup hunt with a friend or two this weekend.  If anyone would like to join Sunday let me know.

Week 3 & 4 Total:

Tim Horton's 17
McDonald's 2
Other 2
Subway 1 (I didn't know Subway sold coffee)



January Total:

Tim Horton's 45
Other 11
McCafe 4
Second Cup 3
Irving 1
Subway 1
Timothy's 1

January 2012 Total: 71


And that's a large jar of peanut butter!


Friday, January 27, 2012

Monday, January 23, 2012

Cuppow Lids Turn Mason Jars Into Travel Mugs


Cuppow!
Such a neat idea.  These are the types of innovations which will hopefully discourage people from using paper cups.  



CUPPOW! from Paper Fortress on Vimeo.



via / cuppow.com

Discarded Comfort Fan Shot of the Week

I'm going to start showcasing some photographs that users have sent in via the interwebs.  
Please submit your photos either on the facebook or the tumblr.

Best Shot of the Week:


Submitted by Jess in Dartmouth, NS via facebook fan page.


Runners up:


Kim in Fredericton, NB 


 Troy in Fredericton, NB via Facebook


Chantel in Fredericton, NB via Facebook 

New Discarded Comfort (hash)tag #busstop

  I'm going to tag all cups found at a bus stop with #busstop.  
I think I will be finding more uses for tags.


Friday, January 20, 2012

Crispins Doing It Right

So this morning I discovered that Crispins at King's Place charges you for a small coffee if you fill up a travel mug.  When I went to pay for my coffee I said "I think this would be a large".  The owner eyeballed my travel mug and said, "No, we charge you for a small since you're not using a cup".  I definitely appreciated it, even though I don't know what the difference in price is (I should really know these things!)

Kudos Crispins!

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Fredericton's Bus Stops Need Garbage Cans

I'm starting to notice more and more discarded coffee cups around bus stops.  I realize that collecting garbage at every bus stop could be a challenge for the city, however lots of trash is left at bus stops, especially the ones with shelters.  Hopefully this project can show the city that this is becoming a big problem.





Slide show of all Discarded Comfort shots tagged as "Busstop"


Monday, January 16, 2012

Week 2 Coverage - CBC discusses McDonald's drive thru policies

So CBC has really been pushing this issue on the radio all last week:



There are now 215 fans of the Discarded Comfort Facebook fanpage



Week 2 Cup Tally

Tim Horton's: 18
Other: 3
McDonald's: 1

 Week 2 Total: 22
2012 Total: 43

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Reddit AMA Went Well



I decided to do an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on Reddit the other day regarding the project.  I got a few interesting questions and responses.  I am going to begin spreading word of my project via social media in the next couple of weeks.  I aim to connect with as many people as possible, hoping that I can encourage fans of the project to submit their own photographs to the facebook fan page.


Monday, January 9, 2012

Week 1 Cup Finds


Shot of the week by Fan Page Member Charley Baird


Tim Horton's 10
"Other" 5
Second Cup 3
Timothy's 1
Irving 1
McCafe 1

Total 21



Sunday, January 8, 2012

Discarded Comfort Project Underway




So this has been a very productive week for this project!  

Just to highlight:


Discarded Comfort doc
CBC - original article
Maritime Noon Interviews a Tim Horton's Representative
Tim Horton’s Response

Disposable Cup Feedback Jan 9th, 2012 @ 41:19


There has been so much positive feedback left in the comment sections of the CBC articles which is very encouraging!  Lots of ideas have been spawning from the CBC comments and I'm hoping that we can communicate some interesting solutions to Tim Hortons and other coffee vendors out there.  If you have any ideas of your own, feel free to post them in the comments section below.


Thursday, January 5, 2012

Discarded Comfort CBC Press Coverage


So the CBC interviewed me this morning and ran this article.  This is all so exciting!  It's great to see new fans on the facebook Discarded Comfort page.

Here's the updated map for 2012