When we go travelling, camping, partying or picniking, we take our own steel tumblers for wine and other beverages. They don’t smash like glass and are light weight and easy to carry.
Tumblers
These glass size tumblers are great. We got ours in India. You can often find something similar in Indian/Asian shops.
Pint Pots
At festivals we like to drink pints. But they often come in plastic. Forget festivals even. In the U.K. there is a worrying trend in pubs to serve drinks in plastic pots, especially if you are drinking outside. It is really horrid. So we need to take our own pint pots out with us and preferably something that won’t break in our bag and cant be used in a street fight!
We did consider buying a Klean Kanteen Stainless Steel Pint Cup. This holds just under a pint and is made of stainless steel BUT we had serious reservations that have prevented a purchase. First it’s not quite a pint, second it is imported from America and finally they are very expensive. The cheapest is being sold £7.95 per glass. Not that green and frankly over our budget.
So we stopped going to festivals (increasingly more than we can afford) and try to drink in pubs that serve in glasses.
Glogg Pots
However Glogg felt our pain and came up with some proper, U.K pint pots made from stainless steel, right here in England. And at £5.00 a pot – just about affordable! Wahey!
This is from the website….
Sustainable
- Stainless steel is the no-compromise alternative to disposable paper or reusable plastic cups
- Diverts landfill waste with each use
Durable
- Can be reused indefinitely
- Won’t deteriorate over time
Safe
- Constructed from certified 304L food grade stainless steel
- Won’t shatter like glass or shard like plastic
UK Designed and Made
- Quality, without compromise
- Supporting British jobs, skills and industry
- Reduced environmental impact compared to Far East imports
- UK trading standards compliant for sale of alcoholic drinks
Buy
You can buy from the website…. or via Amazon.
Onward Packaging
I wrote to them about their packaging and here’s the reply
Our pint cups have taken a lot of blood, sweat and tears to turn into a reality and we are immensely proud of them!
All cups bought from our website just come in a cardboard posting box with no extra packaging at all. While we are not wholly against plastic, we are very much against waste of any kind and it just isn’t necessary to send people packaging they are simply going to send to landfill. Of course, the box can be reused or recycled.
We do also sell through Amazon fulfilment centres and, unfortunately, cups sent to Amazon have to be in plastic bags to comply with their regulations. We never purchase plastic though, we always reuse bags from elsewhere. The local printers we work with often have products that come to them individually packaged but that don’t need to be repackaged once printed, so we use bags that they no longer need. We know it isn’t ideal but it is the best we can do to avoid waste.
Hopefully that tells you what you need to know but feel free to come back to me at any point with any other questions.
Using Them
There is of course no guarantee that you can use them in the pub of your choice. Pubs often have funny ideas about using and then reusing pint pots. But the more of us keep on asking the more likely change is. See you at the bar!
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If none of the above suit I have tried to source some alternatives. Being committed to local shopping, I prefer to buy that way whenever possible. I would encourage you to do the same. One of the joys of living plastic free is mooching round the local shops seeing what you can source.
Plastic Reusable Branded Glasses 
If you are having a big party or event you might consider theses reusable branded cups. Yes they are plastic but they get reused throughout the night and can be kept at the end as a keepsake. A great compromise where glass cannot be used but disposables are just too wasteful.
Compostable Disposables
If you really must use disposables here are some compostable options….
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If none of the above suit I have tried to source some alternatives. Being committed to local shopping, I prefer to buy that way whenever possible. I would encourage you to do the same. One of the joys of living plastic free is mooching round the local shops seeing what you can source.
If you can’t buy local, I have put together and Amazon catalogue. Yes I know…
Do note – I have not used these myself so I cannot say how well they perform or what the onward packaging is like. You will have to check with the suppliers. Any one who has tried them, can review them or can recommend some other great product please do leave a comment. Together we can make changes.
If you buy a product via this link we may one day get an affiliation fee. That’s not why we do it. Good job as we never have made enough to get paid. We do it to show what is available
