Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Vegware Cup Coffee Test - Results

So the results are in.  Vegware makes some great organic and compostable coffee cups, however one style of cup did not pass my test.  It was only a matter of about 4 hours when I noticed the first leak.

Oddly enough, the brown cup in the video has had coffee in it for 2 weeks.  There was absolutely no sign of leakage or breakdown at all!  It's actually quite impressive to see a cup so strong that it keeps stinky coffee in it leak free for 2 weeks!



Perhaps I should test some Tim Horton's and McCafe tests just to be fair.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Any Roll Up The Rim Winners?

So has anyone won any free coffees, donuts or big screen TVs yet?





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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Vegware's Coffee Lids Are The World's First Compostable Lid!


I just spoke with a very friendly representative from Vegware who is interested in my project.  I'm hoping that I can convince at least 1 coffee shop to consider using Vegware's compostable coffee cups and lids.

Brace Yourselves, Roll Up The Rim Is Coming

Created by Karen Furlotte

So as mentioned in my previous post, I found 2 Roll Up The Rim cups yesterday, which is sad because the campaign JUST started that morning.  I'm keeping a separate category for RUTR cup finds over the next few weeks.

Monday, February 20, 2012

February Totals So Far

Wilmont Ally

It's that time of year again, Canadian Christmas.  Roll Up The Rim is back and the internets are buzzing up a storm!  Canadians LOVE Roll Up The Rim.  And why wouldn't you be excited?  Tim Horton's is giving away 40 Toyota Camry Hybrids, 100 Panasonic 3D Viera Tvs, Coleman Camp Gear, 5000 Panasonic Lumix cameras, and 47,000,000 DONUTS!!!

In fact, the first words I heard anyone speak today was about Roll Up The Rim!  I was waiting for my bus and a guy got out of his truck and yelled "It's Rim Rollin time again!".  At least, I assume he meant Roll Up The Rim.

While I was on the bus on the way to work, I saw my first RUTR cup, but I didn't make the bus stop so I could pick it up.  It was about 8:30 am ... and I'm betting the Tim Horton's opens at 6:00 am.  So within 2 and a half hours of the campaign starting, I saw a discarded RUTR cup.

Here are February's totals thus far:

Tim Horton's 66
McCafe 5
Other 8
Roll Up The Rim 2
Reids 4
Styrofoam 1
Timothy's 1

February total 87

*  36 of those cups were found in parking lots on prospect and they were mostly Tim Horton cups.

Roll Up The Rim is Back

The campaign just started today and I saw my first red RUTR cup on the sidewalk downtown Fredericton.  I couldn't grab it because I was driving by on the bus.

*sigh*

I will be on the lookout for you Timmy cups.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Vegware Coffee Cup Water Test - 1 week later


So after 1 week, water remains in each cup (except for the small one because it either evaporated or the cats drank it)



So I'm quite positive that the cup that I filled with coffee was not leaking but rather, I spilt some on the exterior of the cup.

Let's see how long coffee will live in a vegware cup before it leaks.