To combat pollution and carbon emissions, a Bristol environmental charity is introducing a re-usable coffee cup.
According to City to Sea, the Refill Return Cup was created to transform how city dwellers drink their tea and coffee.
"We want this to become the new normal in Bristol," said George Clark, project manager at City to Sea. ".
The reusable cup can be borrowed from participating coffee shops located throughout the city and then returned.
The initiative will be introduced on June 16 at Bishopston's Future Leap Café, where attendees can pick up a free coffee and a reusable cup.
Through the Refill app, which directs people to locations where they can eat, drink, and shop without using plastic, they will then be encouraged to return it to participating coffee shops.
"We want this scheme to remove single-use cups from the system in Bristol," said Jane Martin, head of development.
We all adore Bristol's green spaces, but single-use cups blight them, so this project is exciting.
"People should do this because we have a duty to achieve net zero and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and each fewer cup used helps reduce carbon emissions and ensure Bristol is the green, beautiful city it should be. ".
The Bristol-based company Ecosurety, which specializes in eco-friendly packaging, funded the design's years-long development. .
According to City to Sea, 46,000 single-use cups would be saved throughout the city each week, totaling about 2.5 million annually, if the cup was used by just one in ten residents once a week. .
The 7,000 reusable cups will need to be returned to the 11 participating cafes, which include Brewnel's Coffee Shop at St Michael's Hospital and University of the West of England, using the app.
By the end of October, there may be up to 30 cafes taking part in the pilot.
The mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees, said: "I challenged City to Sea a year ago to ensure that any solution to plastic pollution is available to the entire city, and they are rising to this challenge.
"Stakeholders from the NHS, UWE, and small independent businesses are working together in the city. This is a "one city" strategy to ensure that the places we cherish can remain litter-free.
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