Are you a business?
Become a Cup Collector
Create a more sustainable experience
Becoming a Cup Collector with Simply Cups means you will collect paper cups at your office, venue or event through a designated cup collection.
Simply Cups will collect your cups to be recycled!
Set up
You collect cups
Simply Cups will collect
Simply Cups will process
Simply Cups make upcycled products!
Step 1: Choose your Simply Cups hardware
To become a Cup Collector, you are required to have Simply Cups hardware to collect cups. We have a range of options depending on your needs. Custom branding is also available.
Single Tube
Ideal for: Offices, spaces with low to medium coffee consumption. Best to keep in kitchen near other waste bins, so lids can be disposed correctly.
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Size: 25 x 25 x 100cm
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Cost: $220.00 + GST
3 tube minimum
Double Tube
Ideal for: Cafes, restaurants and spaces with medium coffee consumption.
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Size: 30 x 30 x 123cm
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Cost: $455.00 + GST
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Triple Tube
Ideal for: Cafes, cafeterias, restaurants and locations with medium to high level coffee consumption.
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Size: 30 x 60 x 123cm
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Cost: $530.00 + GST
Triple Tube + Liquids
Ideal for: Cafes, cafeterias, restaurants and locations with medium to high level coffee consumption.
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Size: 30 x 60 x 123cm
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Cost: $675.00 + GST
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Jumbo Bin
Ideal for: High traffic public spaces including shopping centres, airports, and stadiums.
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Size: 65 x 65 x 106cm
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Cost: $1,325.00 + GST
Custom branding available $750.00 + GST. Min 12 collection units for custom branding.
Liquid only holder $155.00 + GST.
Tubes usually fit 40 - 60 cups if stacked correctly.
Delivery cost not included in price of collection units.
Compare our Simply Cup hardware here.
Step 2: Collect cups
You collect cups into the Simply Cups collection unit. Once your Simply Cups collection unit is full, it gets emptied into your back-of-house bins. Cleaners and/or facility managers will usually manage this.
Simply Cups BOH 240L or 660L bin not supplied (however removing cups from your general waste stream, you could repurpose an existing 240L/660L bin.)
Step 3: Simply Cups will collect your cups
Simply Cups will collect your cups from your dedicated back-of-house Simply Cups 240L or 660L bin. Collections can be weekly, fortnightly or 4-weekly depending on your needs.
Type | Weekly | Fortnightly | 4-weekly |
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Regional - 660L Bin | $218.00 | $218.00 | $327.00 |
Regional - 240L Bin | $94.00 | $94.00 | $141.00 |
Inner Regional - 660L Bin | $196.00 | $196.00 | $218.00 |
Inner Regional - 240L Bin | $72.00 | $72.00 | $108.00 |
Metro - 660L Bin | $150.00 | $150.00 | $195.00 |
Metro - 240L Bin | $54.00 | $54.00 | $82.00 |
Costing excludes GST. Invoiced on a monthly basis.
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Minimum collection: 4-weekly
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240L or 660L bin not supplied (However removing cups from your general waste stream, you could repurpose an existing 240L/660L bin.)
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Simply Cups will provide signage for 240L or 660L bins.
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Costs valid for ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC and WA. Additional costs may apply in other states.
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Metro = 0-75km from state CBD
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Inner Regional = 75 - 150km from state CBD
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Regional = 150km+ from state CBD
Please note, costs are subject to change based on your actual collection requirements, and any bespoke conditions or inclusions that may be agreed upon during the registration process.
Step 4: Simply Cups process your cups and upcycle
Once we have collected cups from your location, we take them to our Australian partner facilities to upcycle!
Your cups are made into garden beds, sustainable building material, reusable coffee cups, reusable drink trays, recycled roads, lightweight concrete and more! We are always researching new ways to upcycle paper cups. See our upcycled products below:
Garden beds:
Made from cups and soft plastics.
saveBOARD:
Sustainable building material made from cups and long-life cartons.
rCUP:
The world's first reusable coffee cup made from coffee cups.
PAKPAVE:
Asphalt made from cups.
AC Mounting Blocks:
Made from cups and recycled soft plastics.
Stay Tray:
Made from cups and recycled polypropylene.
Lightweight concrete:
Made from cups.
PLUS Post fence posts:
Outdoor fenceposts made from cups.
What else is included?
Monthly reports
Every month, we send out a report with the number of cups you have SAVED from landfill.
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The report also includes updates from Simply Cups, new or emerging Simply Cups technologies and milestones!
Plastic sleeves for tubes
Tubes are required to have a clear plastic sleeve to collect cups.
These sleeves will be provided by Simply Cups.
Bin stickers & signage
Stickers and messaging for your BOH 240L or 660L bins are provided.
Signage on BOH bins provide guidance on what is and is not allowed in BOH bins. This helps with contamination and collection efficacy.
Access to Media Kit
Saving cups is something you should be proud of.
Simply Cups provide access to our Media Kit with upcycling videos and upcycled product images so you can share the great impact you are making.
Cup Collector FAQs
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What is a report?Reports are an important way for your business to demonstrate your commitment to sustainable practices and help your business meet any goals. Our reports have up-to-date numbers on how many cups your location has collected, how the Simply Cups technology is working, behind-the-scene updates on processes and upcycled products and information on our other sustainable programs!
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What is an Upcycled Pack?Simply Cups are very excited to launch our Upcycled Pack. A lot of our current Cup Collectors have purchased a number of our upcycled products, with the introduction of the Membership we would like to welcome each of our members with an Upcycled Pack. Our Upcycled Pack includes $100 worth of upcycled products made from cups collected from the Simply Cups program. As our Cup Collectors vary, our Upcycled Packs are tailored to your business, if you are an office building we will send rCUPs (reusable cups made from cups) or Stay Trays. If you are a shopping centre, your Upcycled Pack will include garden edging or car bumper stops. The Upcycled Pack is a 'Thank you' from Simply Cups, but also as a way for your business to demonstrate the upcycling story of the Simply Cups program.
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If I become a Cup Collector, do I become a member?Firstly, thank you for collecting cups and saving them from landfill! As a Cup Collector, you collect cups, we pick them up and upcycle them on your behalf. Cup Collectors are not members. Membership provides regular reporting on your cup collections, an ongoing investment into the upcycling technologies, ability to use our Simply Cups membership badge, upcycled products for you to share the upcycling story, reduced collection rates and more! Cup Collection rates are monthly, Membership is annual.
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I have more than one Simply Cups collection unit ... does this mean I have to pay for more than one membership?Memberships are based per location. If you are located at 1 Main Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 and have 3 collection units, you will need one membership. If you have 3 collection units at 3 different locations, you will need three memberships. This is because benefits are specific to locations. For example your monthly reports will be location specific and each location will receive an Upcycled Pack. If you have multiple locations, contact your account manager to discuss multiple location discounts.