Responsible Cafes

Who: Responsible Cafes

When: Summer 2015

Where: Sydney

Code: https://github.com/RHoKAustralia/responsible-cafes

The Responsible Cafes Program aims to build a community of Responsible Cafes and Responsible Consumers, with a common goal of reducing single-use waste. The initial priority is to reduce the more than 1 billion single-use coffee cups and lids that get wasted in Australia every year. Following that, we will encourage and assist the community in upgrading their sustainability practices in areas as diverse as replacing single-use straws and packaging, composting and waste reduction, renewable energy and responsible finance. 

After considering how we could maximise the impact of the Responsible Cafes Program and streamline the user and administrative experience, our amazing team spent a large portion of the hackathon developing a slick member signup and member cafe profile framework that will really showcase all the wonderful cafes out there who are helping to curb single-use waste. This framework will also allow for the ongoing collection of waste reduction data so that we can track waste reductions over time. This is still a work in progress for RHoLL's and hopefully subsequent RHoK's. In addition, we were able to put some great pieces of work straight into production with an extensive FAQ section and blog added to our existing website, as well as some cosmetic changes to improve the UX.