COVID-19:
Safe and waste-free coffee.
On September 1st, regions south of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland will move to LEvel 3. The government of Aotearoa New Zealand has approved reuse syste such as Again Again for use in Level 3 and below.
GOVERNMENT APPROVED in Level 3 and below.
Again Again provides coffee drinkers a safe and waste-free reusable cup option that supports COVID-19 containment best practice, while continuing to eliminate single use cups.
There are understandable concerns about virus transmission on personal reusable cups of unknown, and uncontrolled, cleanliness. These concerns are not validated by science though, and more than a year ago, 100 scientists internationally extolled the safety of reusables in the COVID-era.
Falling back to single use cups is a disaster for our environment - and it’s a step that is not necessary to maintain safety. Again Again’s cup share network facilitates a sanitised reusable cup being issued with each takeaway coffee. A shared reusable cup network can and will provide the answer to both health and ecological crises.
Recommendations: Alert Level 3 & below.
From 1 September, South of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand will be in level 3. North from here will stay in level 4.
In April 2020, with the country at Level 3 the government gave the following advice:
Each business can decide if they will allow customers to use reusable cups and containers. If they allow it, they must manage food safety risks and adhere to food safety requirements. This applies to all reusable containers, including:
personal keep cups
in-house reusable coffee cup schemes used by coffee shops.
As such, we are supporting all our partner cafes to continue using of Again Again’s cup share system, observing the updated best practice workflow. Each serve a cafe makes can be into a newly sanitised Again Again cup. At some time in the future, the cups can be returned to the drop point, refunded, and sanitised along with your cafe crockery. Approved.
We have plenty of fleet in stock. If you require more fleet to service your cafe, please forward your order via email, or via our B2B store and we will process immediately. This will be invoiced as you will be receiving these deposits from your customers.
Summary:
While Coronavirus and its containment is a global concern, Again Again’s system can continue to provide a solution to the world’s waste problem while de-risking the handling procedures that we acknowledge has given rise to concern for some.
Again Again believes we can “pull out all the stops” and act to assure the safety of reusable cups without panic. Together we can protect each other and the environment.
Statement updated by Nada Piatek, Again Again Managing Director, 29 August, 2021