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pOne more thing to do over the holiday weekend: Get your entry into the a href=”http://www.jovoto.com/contests/drink-sustainably/landing”Betacup Challenge/a and get in the running for one of two $10,000 prizes./p

pThe Betacup competition was launched a couple months ago to challenge designers to come up with a way to eliminate, or at least seriously reduce, the use of paper coffee cups, which are non-recyclable./p

pWe’ve been posting our a href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/competition/betacup_showcase_going_strong_at_three_weeks__16466.asp”favorites/a over the competition’s long a href=”betacup_showcase_12_days_left__16603″run/a. Now it’s come to a close and we want you to make one last push to a href=”http://www.jovoto.com/contests/drink-sustainably/landing”enter/a, if you haven’t already./p

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pThis close to the deadline, the entries are getting really creative. We were delighted to find a couple that use air, both to different ends. Tallac Design’s a href=”http://www.jovoto.com/contests/drink-sustainably/ideas/5025″Bucky Air Cup/a replaces insulating material with air, to cut down on the amound of material needed. On the flipside, designlab’s a href=”http://www.jovoto.com/contests/drink-sustainably/ideas/5269″Air Cup/a, uses inflatability to increase the portability of a resuable cup. Both of their two schemes include a strange, but smart, “drinking flap.” /p

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