UCC to go plastic-free in 2023

Initiative will save more than 140,000 plastic bottles and 370,000 coffee cups per year.

The move to plastic-free will save 560,000 plastic bottles and 1.4m coffee cups during a graduate’s four-year degree, UCC said.

University College Cork (UCC) is to go plastic-free from the start of the new year, saving more than 140,000 plastic bottles and 370,000 coffee cups per year.

UCC is bidding to improve its sustainability credentials with the new initiative which will, from January 2, see single-use plastics eliminated in campus shops and vending machines, as well as cafes, restaurants, and other eateries.