A BEACHFRONT cafe is calling on residents to donate their old mugs to help reduce their carbon footprint.

In a move to ditch single-use takeaway cups, Yellowave Beach Volleyball Centre and Cafe in Madeira Drive, Brighton, will offer customers a donated mug if they forget their own or don’t wish to buy one.

Director of Yellowave Katie Mintram said: “Most people have an old mug going spare at the back of their cupboard, so we are hoping we can get more mug donations allowing us to completely ditch single-use cups.”

The move follows the installation of solar panels last year and the introduction of a beer cup deposit scheme by the centre to also help reduce single-use plastic.

Each pint cup requires a £1 deposit, which is returned to customers if they bring their cup back. Money from those who don’t claim their deposit back is donated to the Sussex Wildlife Trust and the Kelp Restoration Fund.

The company had a waste audit completed over the summer to work on further reducing their impact on the environment.

Katie said: “All our rubbish got rummaged through and separated out. But soon all our waste will go back into the circular economy.

“Even our used coffee granules will be turned into coffee logs and used in our pizza oven - it’s such a fantastic feeling.”

Yellowave has also run beach education days with Hove Junior Schools and beach clean ups with the support of the ‘Leave No Trace’ team, in a continued push to reduce their impact on the climate emergency.

Anyone who wants to donate a mug can do so by dropping it off at the cafe. The only requirement is that the mug must not be cracked or chipped.

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