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Episode: Danish city tackles single-use trash with first-of-its-kind deposit scheme
Description: At a café in the Danish city Aarhus, the coffee is to be kept, but the cup? Well, you’ll have to give that back.
Authorities in Denmark’s second-largest city are trialing a new deposit scheme, where it’s possible to drink your coffee on-the-go, without the to-go cup turning into waste just minutes later.
“When you buy your coffee, you get the possibilities to buy a reusable cup. Then you pay five kroner,” explains Go’ Kaffe manager, Martin Agger. “When you have (drank) your coffee, you can leave it in one of the deposit boxes and get your money back.”
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