Air NZ trials edible coffee cups to reduce waste

Air NZ has begun trialling vanilla-flavoured edible coffee cups for customers in the air in a bid to reduce waste. Customers both on flights and on the ground will be served their coffee in the leakproof cups that double as an edible dessert bowl. The airline currently serves more than eight million cups of coffee each year, and so far the cups have been a hit with the customers, according to Air New Zealand customer experience manager Niki Chave. "We've been working in partnership with innovative New Zealand company 'twiice' to explore the future of edible coffee cups, which are vanilla flavoured and leakproof. "The cups have been a big hit with the customers who have used these and we've also been using the cups as dessert bowls. "Air New Zealand recently switched to plant-based cups that are compostable but the company one day wants to completely remove all cups from landfills. 'Twiice' co-founder Jamie Cashmore says the edible cups could play a big role in demonstrating to the world that new and innovative ways of packaging are achievable.<br/>