The first ceramic mugs made on potter's wheels were found in about BCE. The clay used at this time made the walls of the mug too thick for a human mouth to comfortably drink from. Bushel with Ibex Motifs photo credit: wikipedia. Clay Pot Mug photo credit: mugs. Themis Travel Mug. Gold Cup photo credit: Flickr user Xuan Che. Copper Mug photo credit: mugs. Silver Bottom Tumbler. Mug from 's, China photo credit: Jens Mohr. Porcelain Mug with Arms photo credit: Wikipedia.
This drinkware was first marketed as a wholesome product for families to use at picnics. Boy how things have changed! These are the disposable lids that adorn the top of your to-go cups at places like Starbucks. Disposable products often get a lot of flak for not being eco-friendly.
Solo cups can be part of magical moments! Just look at Gavin Spinneweber, a student at Rockledge High School in Florida, who creatively asked his date to the prom using red Solo cups. In a clever bit of cross promotion, the filmmakers behind Solo: A Star Wars Story partnered with Solo Cup to release these limited edition packages.
Solo is all about giving back. The red Solo cup was invented by Robert Hulseman in the s. The Solo Cup Company was already successful at this point for the paper cone cups that attached to water coolers. The red Solo cup, however, took the company to a whole new level!
Interestingly, Hulseman created the red Solo cup because he believed families would love using them at picnics. He never dreamed they would be the stuff of wild tailgates and college parties! As the story goes, the inventor of the red Solo cup, Robert Hulseman, asked his kids to help him pick the colors for his new plastic cups.
Red happened to be one of the colors on their list! Psychology can explain why red is the most popular color for Solo cups. This vibrant color is said to be associated with adventure, excitement, and energy. Solo also released the following at the same time:. Everybody loved red more since it was bolder and stood out from the rest of the colors. Yellow was a bestselling Solo cup color in Texas.
These sunny cups even beat red in sales! This was the only state where any other color reigned supreme. Today, you can buy Solo cups in a variety of colors, not limited to green, gray, pink, orange, and even rainbow! Solo cups are manufactured in Lake Forest, Illinois — a suburb about 35 miles outside of Chicago. The company has been family-owned and operated since it started in Solo Cup has since opened other offices and distribution centers across the United States.
One of their most famous is in Springfield, Missouri. The giant paper cup on the outside is a popular tourist attraction that results in amazing pictures on social media! These cups are suitable for both hot and cold drinks as well as food. Partnerships are being created to develop recycling solutions for paper cups, for example recycling company First Mile recently formed a partnership with Huhtamaki to further increase the number of disposable coffee cups effectively recycled in the UK.
We see many new possible applications for paper cups and fiber overall in the food packaging sector", says Richard Ali, Sustainability Director from the Huhtamaki Fiber and Foodservice business segment.
The paper cup has definitely come a long way. It was invented to tackle food safety and hygiene concerns and it is proudly serving that same purpose still today. Read more about the carbon footprint of a paper cup in our life cycle analysis.
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