Designs for
drinkware
Do you want to find a new way to reach out to your customers?
Fed up of paying for waste collection and cleaning up cups after hours?
Switch to custom designed reuseable eco cups.
Designer Yaiza Gardner creates unique artwork for eco cups to combat the single-use plastic waste problem in hospitality particularly in bars and pubs with outside drinking space where glassware is not permitted.
Some use bio degradable plastic cups which still need special treatment to decompose, end up in landfill and contribute to the single use waste problem, littering our towns and seas.
Eco cups are made from solid recycled plastic, they won't blow away outside and are sturdier to drink from. They can be used in pub glass washers, and easily stackable after drying. A deposit system ensures you get your money back and drives awareness about the impact of single use cup waste. As they are reused, their lifecycle is much longer and can be recycled at end of life or kept as a souvenir.
Illustrated by Yaiza & manufactured in the UK
Finished product from 51p per cup including design cost
Cups are shatterproof with nucleated bases keeps drinks fresher for longer
A £1 deposit scheme pays for the initial cost of the eco cup set-up and easy to reorder more.
Make an environmental statement and help make a change.
I work with you to create a unique design to wrap around the cup, and manage the process to delivery. We can add promotional messaging or enlist sponsors to help fund the scheme.
Once the cups are produced, customers can pay a £1 deposit with their drink and either keep the cup as a souvenir, or return it to the bar for a refund. Alternatively you could offer them as part of a drinks promotion to keep your punters coming back. Your locals can use them with every visit.
The best thing would be to offer them with no single-use alternative!
Help stop the single-use cups seen littering the street, beaches and overflowing out of bins. Reduce your waste output and encourage a circular eco economy as well as a better designed drinking experience.
Email design@pixeldrink.com to make a change.
Designs for The Old Neptune pub in Whitstable
My story
Designing for reusable illustrated drinkware stemmed from working in a New Zealand bar where bespoke glassware was part of the drinking experience. In outdoor events bringing your own cup was the norm. If you didn't have your own cup, you couldn't get a drink. The cup epitomised design, individuality and sustainability, single-use cups were not as prominent as they are here.
Back in the UK, seeing drinks in single-use cups was commonplace and so was the waste. I couldn't get used to it, and the cups are so flimsy the drink gets spilt or they topple over. I started bringing my own cup.
If a group of four drink three pints in a sitting, this equates to 12 cups that are thrown away. There is no refill, each pint is poured in a new cup.
The single use plastic cups used in bars today are a flimsy drinking product and the amount of waste makes it all so unappealing. Bioplastics are not a solution as these do not break down easily and it's heartbreaking to see them floating in the sea. Why is this still acceptable?
What about biodegradable plastic cups?
Bio plastics cups are not the answer, and they have caused an influx of waste that doesn't biodegrade without commercial composting, and they are still adding waste bulk to our soils. A pub client orders 30,000 biodegradable plastic cups in one summer season. Multiply this across pubs in the UK and the waste problem has escalated. Worldwide it is a global problem, producing these cups still requires vasts amount of energy and resources.
The plastic-looking cup referred to as PLA or TPLA based compostable plastics needs additional heat for long periods or it won’t break down and confused users dispose them with other plastic products that contaminate the recycling poly process. A high number of councils won't accept them in compost bins so they end up in landfill.
…or worse in our seas.
Contributing to another waste stream is not the answer and the extra waste is a responsibility the hospitality sector has to pay to remove, but as a lot of these cups are take-away who knows where they end up.
We should be helping to design systems that make it easier to re-use and reduce waste.
Offering a refillable cup system, reduces the quantity of cup waste and promotes your business at the same time, it's a no-brainer!
Decorate your drinkware with an illustration that personalises your venue and styles your promotions.
DESIGN FOR:
a circular future
Full design
& production service
Circular economy through the re-fill & £1 deposit scheme system.
A space to promote, add sponsors!
Zero plastic waste
affecting wildlife
Improved drinking experience
Re-order with your own design set and ready!
Happier fish all round.
Bespoke artworks designed to last
Designs for The Pearsons Arms pub in Whitstable
Transform your space.
Does your product need attention?
Design for South Quay Shed
A commission to produce an illustration that encompasses the harbour scenery, and the facilities of the South Quay Shed in Whitstable, incorporating sponsorship logos from their partners.
Manufactured in pint and half pint cups, a positive move to reduce their single-use plastic waste.
Add some sunshine!
Fancy a drink?
Bespoke design
Outdoor events
Unique products
Pubs, parks & beer gardens
