‘Voting box’: Weird new coffee cup sparks backlash

Key points

• A plastic-free takeaway cup made by The Good Cup has drawn mixed reaction online after appearing in a Sydney cafe. The single-piece compostable paper design has a folding flap in place of a separate lid.
• Many social media users mocked it, while others said similar cups were already used in Western Australia. Separately, NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said proposed Plastics 2.0 reforms would not ban single-use coffee cups.
• Instead, they would require takeaway cups to be recyclable by 2028 and cafes to offer reusable cups.