Keeta at The Poinciana Cafe in Mullumbimby helping to reduce takeaway coffee cups. Photo Sophia Marles
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Keeping the community together and the community voice loud and clear is what The Echo is about. More than ever we need your help to keep this voice alive and thriving in the community.
Like all businesses we are struggling to keep food on the table of all our local and hard working journalists, artists, sales, delivery and drudges who keep the news coming out to you both in the newspaper and online. If you can spare a few dollars a week – or maybe more – we would appreciate all the support you are able to give to keep the voice of independent, local journalism alive.
I was in the Industrial Estate at Byron last week. I visited a cafe and ordered a cup of coffee. I was prompted by the Barrista to choose from a number of paper cup sizes. I jokingly chided them for the fact that they were using them, instead of porcelain cups. They pointed out that they were obliged to use the throwaways because of stringent Council regulations that prevented them from using the porcelain variety. Something is wrong ?