WHO
Beachside Barista is a family-run coffee van in the beach community of Ocean Reef , Western Australia. Claire and Nick started in 2021 with a vision to make great coffee and run a small business to support their teenage son and lifestyle. They started offering reusables in early 2022 and have never looked back.
We love their ‘Tread lightly Tuesday’ initiative to further educate their community.
WHY
As a coffee van service, Claire felt that they were responsible for the packaging that they provide to their customers for take-away, who carry around and consume them within the park they trade at. The visual reminder seen weekly of the cups piling up in the bins near their location was the motivator to make a change.
Their coffee roastery was promoting HuskeeCups at the time, and when Claire saw them, she loved everything about them. It is important to their values that they try to reduce the footprint they have on the environment where they can.
Beachside Barista needed a reusable cup that met the following criteria:
HOW
Beachside Barista retail the HuskeeCups as a revenue source to customers interested in reusable cups. In addition, over time they have started to use the HuskeeCups as a cup-library for their regular customers, for extra convenience and waste reduction.
In addition to offering Huskee, they support their customers by supporting BYO and giving a $0.20 discount to customers using a reusable.
Eliminating single-use plastic isn’t only about cups either. Here are some other ways in which Beachside Barista are eliminating waste, educating, and diverting from landfill:
“Because we hate waste ... we make sure we eat or give away any food left over from a day's trade.”
- Claire Wallis | Owner
HIGHLIGHTS
Key Environmental Outcomes:
17% of customers are currently using reusable cups
12 kg of plastic wasn’t used
Saved 2 trees and 190 kg CO2 eq. emissions
Eliminated 7,300 single-use plastic items at the source
Eliminated 30 wheelie bins of waste (or 40 kg)
Key Economic Outcomes:
Added an additional $400 of revenue through Huskee sales in 2022
Saved over $1,160 in single-use packaging costs
Saved 2 trees and 190 kg CO2 eq. emissions
TESTIMONIALS AND QUOTES
“So you provide the cups, give me a discount and wash it up for me?” “Yep.” “Awesome, I’m in."
- Customer | Beachside Barista
“I tried many other keep cups as options for our coffee van until I found HuskeeCups. They really are the closest thing possible to the perfect cup!”
-Claire Wallis | Owner
