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Welcome to Causeway Coffee

Welcome to Causeway Coffee. To celebrate the launch of our new website on 1st September we are launching our new rang...

Coffee Drinks Explained

One of the more common questions we get asked relates to the different coffee drinks. It seems to be an ever growing ...

GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH GROWING RAPIDLY, STUDY SHOWS

Delft, the Netherlands, March 22, 2018 - 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic weighing 80,000 metric tons are currently afloat in an area known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - and it is rapidly getting worse. These are the main conclusions of a three year mapping effort conducted by an international team of scientists affiliated with The Ocean Cleanup Foundation, six universities and an aerial sensor company. Their findings were published today in the journal Scientific Reports.

LitterSmart campaign launched on Rathlin Island

In the UK, 13 billion plastic bottles are sold every year, 7 million disposable coffee cups are thrown away along with approximately 8.5 billion plastic straws, so action is urgently needed!  Much of the litter we create is eaten by birds, fish and other species, leading to large numbers of fish having plastic in their gut.  At current rates there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050.
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