Time to ditch usage of disposable coffee cups


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ACROSS the globe, whether it’s in morning trains in London, boardrooms in Kuala Lumpur, walking meetings in New York or airport lounges in Frankfurt, there is always the same universal accessory: a coffee cup clasped like a passport to productivity.

Coffee is now ingrained as workplace infrastructure, energising commutes, powering decisions and negotiations, and accompanying deadlines and deals. The coffee cup is not just carried into meetings or paraded down city streets; it’s become a badge of business, as though caffeine itself were a credential.

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