show off that mug of yours.

 

Use a mug instead of a paper cup. Obvious?  Not really.  Ceramic mugs require a lot more energy to produce and distribute than their disposable cousins.  So why are we recommending you ditch the paper?  Mugs may lose the battle, but they win the war:  They are designed to be used more than 3,000 times, as opposed to the single-use design of paper cups.  In the long run, the smarties at the Dutch Ministry of Environment assure us it’s better to reuse your coffee cup than to get a new paper one each time.  Feeling ambitious?  Use non-toxic dish soap to wash your ceramic mugs, and when you do use a paper cup, just say NO to the plastic lid and the disposable sleeve.