From 1 January 2024, the use of single-use drinking cups will be regulated. PROM'ES facilitates a recycling system in collaboration with Conpax, allowing you to equip your drink stations with disposable cups as usual.
Note: The European SUP directive to reduce disposable plastic is being translated into national measures by the governments of the various member states. The information in this blog and our recycling programme is aligned with Dutch regulations.
At so-called ‘closed events’ such as a running or cycling event, plastic cups are no longer allowed. Disposable cups may contain a maximum of 5% plastic. So these are basically cardboard cups with a minimum percentage of plastic. In addition, by 2025, at least 80% of used drinking cups must be recycled in a high-quality manner via a functioning return or collection system. Finally, you must report the use of disposable cups to the Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) and register them. The ILT carries out inspections to see if the conditions are met.
After ordering the cups and TrackerSack waste bags, we will send you a detailed step-by-step plan for recycling your disposable cups and the mandatory registration with the ILT. Basically, you go through the following steps.
PROM'ES and Conpax look back on a successful introduction of disposable cups during the NN Zevenheuvelenloop. The organisation issued 95,000 cups. As many as 92.5% of the cups were recycled.
