Bin There, Done That
Coffee cups collected during the Coffee Cup Revolution event in Vancouver. (Photo via MakeWay’s Facebook page.)

Bin There, Done That

One million. That’s the number of discarded paper coffee cups people have picked up from Vancouver streets over a dozen years. The trash is collected during an annual event called the Coffee Cup Revolution. Participants get 10 cents for each cup they collect.

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