In this article, I would like to introduce one of my favorite minimalist items for the home; Ecofee cup from the U.K.
I have been using this eco-friendly coffee cup for more than half a year, and I don't think I will buy another coffee cup for the rest of my life.
Probably and hopefully the next time I will buy the coffee cup will be the time the current coffee cup is unfortunately broken.
Let's jump into it.
What is Ecoffee cup?
Ecoffee cup is a British furniture brand that manufactures eco-friendly coffee cups.
The homepage is right here.
They offer regular lineups and seasonal lineups, and what I love about this brand is the design.
If you look at the homepage and you will find various types of artistic designs, and I feel that they are trying to do some art with the cups.
Another amazing thing about this brand is that they use bamboo fibre and other eco-friendly materials.
Also, Ecoffee Cup is BPA/BPS free so I am using this cup very comfortably without worrying about the negative impact on my body.
The design looks deeply related to minimalism since I can sense the coherent idea of their art and being coherent equals to minimalism to me.
I believe this coffee cup can make my life simple.
Here is the article "Reasons why minimalism gives you a simple life" if you want to know about the relation between minimalism and simple life and also the steps to become a minimalist.
Why have your own cup?
Let's think about why we should have our own cup.
To make it easy to understand the current situation, I would like to quote the data.
According to Greenpeace Japan website, we know that 370 million disposable cups are consumed every year in Japan.
This means that 1 million disposable cups are consumed in Japan every day.
FACT: 1 MILLION CUPS BURNED EVERY DAY IN JAPAN
Considering Japan has about 124 million population, the data is showing that every single person living in Japan keeps consuming 3 disposable cups every year.
But this is impossible because this simple calculation includes infants and kids who don't purchase or use disposable cups.
Hence, we can assume that most adult to go to a café or restaurant regularly consumes more than three disposable cups every year.
To stop this negative circulation, the solution we can think about is very simple and easy.
Every single residence on this planet has to have its own reusable cup.
Is this so difficult to accomplish?
I didn't think so, so I purchased this reusable coffee cup immediately after I knew this sad fact.
FACT: 1 MILLION CUPS BURNED EVERY DAY IN JAPAN
Minimalism saves the earth
As I have been writing and sharing My belief towards minimalism, the basic idea that I always have in my mind is that minimalism makes your life simple, and also minimalism helps the planet to take its original circumstances back.
I don't want to use the word "improve" because if you look back the history, it is obvious that human being is the major factor that has been damaging the natural ecosystem of the Earth.
If you are unclear about the idea of minimalism, you can refer to one of my articles "Minimalism Concept and Goal; What is Minimalism and how to set your goal?".
These days, it is so easy to purchase things at a low price so I believe that most people (sadly including my siblings) do not even think about the impact of every purchase they make in terms of the environment.
I would like to highlight that minimalism, in most cases, does not allow you to purchase a lot of things very easily, so accordingly, purchasing only the thing you need will save the Earth.
My personal belief is that human beings need to stop this mass production mass consumption culture, or the economy I would say, to pass this planet peacefully to the next generation.
Also, as written in the article "3 reasons why minimalism can save you a lot of money -my story-", minimalism can have a positive effect in terms of your personal finance.
Next time you purchase something can you try to ask yourself; "Do I really need this right now? Can it be reusable instead?"