It's not a grind to recycle your coffee cup sleeve

Yesterday I was in a local coffee shop, It's a Grind, and saw something cool. They had put out a wicker basket with a sign that read "Recycle your coffee sleeve here." And sure enough, inside were a few cardboard coffee sleeves and a few plastic lids. Those are the two things that are recyclable when you buy coffee to go. You'd think the paper cup would be recyclable but it's not (I think something about the material lining the inside). So at least It's a Grind was trying to make a difference where it could. I'm not sure who is recycling their sleeves and lids, maybe regulars bring theirs back the next day. Or some customers who get their coffee in a paper cup end up staying (there were some people at the tables with to-go cups, others had their coffee in big white mugs). Although really, those regular customers should be using travel mugs and the sit-down customers should be getting mugs instead of paper cups, but of course the world isn't that perfect. For when it's not, it's nice to see a business making it easy to recycle (note to the coffee giants Starbucks and Coffee Bean).