CoffeeNotes (notepads from old coffee cups!)

CoffeeNotes is a unique company in Dorset, which makes beautiful notebooks. The difference is that they are made from recycled coffee cups. Most disposable coffee cups can’t be recycled, as they contain 5% plastic.

So this company melts down the cups to use the paper for the books, and then uses the plastic as ‘energy’ to make the cups!

All are vegan (bar one pad, made with recycled wool cover).

The to-do list pads are ideal as reminders or for shopping lists. Sold in a pack of three tall pads, each one has 60 tear-off pages with lined tick box sections and dotted sections, and dotted reverse sides.

The wire-bound pads contain dotted pages, and a folded cover so no glue is needed, the spiral spine is easily recycled. Also in plain and lined versions.

The stitched pads have recycled softback covers and the set includes plain, lined and dotted pages.

The planner features a cover made from real coffee waste, and a seven-day layout to plan your week. With blank columns for weekdays, and spaces for tasks and reminders.

Also as an organiser pad with tear-away pages and three flexible spaces for lists, notes and doodles.

Why Choose Recycled Paper Notebooks?

Although most virgin paper is FSC-certified, ‘sustainable forests’ often mean old-growth trees are chopped down (which provide homes for wildlife) and replaced by fast-growing saplings that are grown with toxic pesticides. Some of this paper is also bleached with chlorine, which pollutes waterways and harms wildlife.

Creating paper from old paper is a great way to close the loop, and also uses less water and energy. It also helps to save our forests, and all the creatures that live within them.

Recycling 1 tonne of paper saves 17 trees and 26,000 litres of water. And also cuts up to 74% air pollution and reduces methane emissions at landfills.