Category rating — not an assessment of any specific brand
This rating covers a typical, mass-market
home lifestyle product based on publicly available data.
It does not name or assess any specific manufacturer or product.
Individual products may perform better or worse.
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Category baseline
2.8 HIP
Below Standard
Category ceiling: 7.6 HIP
Regenerative Index
-7.0
Depleting
Category ceiling RI: -2.0
What this score means
The score shown is the current market baseline for home lifestyle — what the HIP methodology can confirm from
publicly available specification data alone, before any manufacturer evidence is reviewed. The category ceiling
shown in small text below the score is what the methodology rewards when materials, supply chain, repairability,
and end-of-life pathways are fully evidenced. Manufacturers close that gap by applying for verified assessment.
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The current market baseline for this category is 2.8 HIP.
The category ceiling — what the methodology rewards when materials, supply chain, repairability, and end-of-life
pathways are fully evidenced — is 7.6 HIP.
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Score Breakdown
Material Scarcity Index
20% weight
3.5
The product contains stainless steel and silicone, which are generally abundant, but the absence of submitted recycled content (assumed 0%) and lack of supply chain transparency regarding extraction origins creates significant scarcity risk. Under generic conservative scoring, the missing data regarding single-country concentration and the low recycled content percentage prevent a higher rating, placing the product in the Scarce category due to potential supply chain vulnerabilities.
Supply Chain Risk
18% weight
3.5
The reusable coffee cup relies on stainless steel and aluminum, which are primarily sourced from China (approx. 60-70% of global supply), creating significant concentration risk. With no submitted due diligence standards, no verified alternative suppliers, and a single Tier 1 supplier, the supply chain lacks resilience against geopolitical or governance shocks in the primary sourcing region.
Recyclability & Circularity
18% weight
2.0
The product is assumed to be glued with no take-back scheme, making material separation impractical. Only an estimated 20% of the weight (likely metal components) enters practical recycling streams, while the majority of the material is effectively non-recyclable in standard infrastructure.
Repairability
13% weight
2.0
The product is assumed to be glued shut with no public service manual, making it unrepairable without damage. Although spare parts are listed as available, the lack of a parts commitment and the sealed assembly design typical of reusable cups prevents practical repair.
Social & Environmental Impact
8% weight
3.5
The product is manufactured in China, a moderate-to-high risk jurisdiction, with no submitted third-party audits, environmental certifications, or modern slavery statements. While ILO compliance is not claimed, the absence of independent verification or audit evidence places the score in the elevated risk category.
Product Longevity
8% weight
4.0
The product has a 2-year warranty and a stated design life of 5 years, which aligns with typical mass-market small appliance norms. However, the lack of an IP rating and modular design prevents a higher score, as it relies on standard fasteners without explicit long-term parts commitments.
Regenerative Index
15% weight · scale −10 to +10
-7.0
The product is scored as Depleting because it relies on virgin mined materials with zero recycled content and no take-back scheme, fitting the criteria for conventional manufactured goods. It does not qualify for the Extractive band minimum of -3 because the required condition of >=50% recycled content with a verified take-back program is not met.
MSI 20% · SCR 18% · RC 18% · R 13% · SEI 8% · PL 8% · RI 15% = 100%
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Generic ratings are intentionally conservative. They represent only what the HIP methodology can confirm from
publicly available specification data, before any manufacturer-supplied evidence is reviewed. Most categories sit
in the 2–4 range at the pre-verification baseline. This is the methodology working as designed: it makes the gap
between current market practice and demonstrable resilience legible to consumers, manufacturers, and procurement
buyers. Verified assessment is the path across that gap, and the HIP Mark is the proof of crossing it.
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Consumer Summary
This reusable coffee cup has an overall HIP Score of 2.8 out of 10, indicating limited sustainability performance. Its Regenerative Index is -7.0, which means the product relies heavily on new materials rather than recycled ones and is difficult to recycle or repair at the end of its life.
What This Means For You
When shopping for reusable cups, look for options that clearly state they contain recycled materials and offer a take-back program for recycling. Prioritize brands that design their products for easy repair and avoid items that are glued together or lack clear instructions for maintenance.
Data Transparency
This is a category rating based on publicly available data. The following data fields were not submitted by a manufacturer and have been estimated conservatively using open reference data and LLM training knowledge:
material_percentagesrecycled_content_pctcountry_of_primary_extractionprimary_sourcing_countriestier1_supplier_countdue_diligence_standardalternative_supplier_existsdisassembly_typerecyclable_streams_pctrecycling_label_complianttakeback_schemedesign_for_disassemblyfastener_typespare_parts_years_committedservice_manual_publicifixit_scoreecodesign_in_scopemanufacturing_countriesenvironmental_certificationsthird_party_certificationrba_audit_completedmodern_slavery_statementilo_compliance_claimedip_ratingmodular_designsoftware_support_yearsprimary_material_originrecycled_content_pcttakeback_schemeregenerative_certificationsclosed_loop_programmeend_of_life_programmematerial_origin_certifiedregenerative_practicesthird_party_certification
A verified rating uses manufacturer-submitted data and produces a more accurate, product-specific score.
Material Watch Points
- Recycled content assumed at 0% due to missing data
- Country of primary extraction not submitted, creating supply concentration uncertainty
- Stainless steel and aluminum concentration in China (>60% global supply)
- No due-diligence programme documented
- No alternative supplier documented
- Single Tier 1 supplier dependency
About This Rating
Produced under Resourcehip Methodology v1.3 (CC BY-NC 4.0). Assessed: 2026-04-26. Next scheduled review: 2027-04-26.
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Data Sources
This rating draws on the following public sources:
USGS Mineral Resources Program (public domain) · EU Critical Raw Materials List 2023 (CC BY 4.0) · World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · LLM training knowledge (for assumed fields — no manufacturer submission)
All sources are public domain or published under open data licences.
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About this rating:
HIP scores are based on publicly available data at the assessment date.
They are estimates of material resilience — not guarantees of product performance, safety, or future supply conditions.
Resourcehip accepts no liability for decisions made in reliance on these ratings.
Scope:
This is a category rating for Reusable Coffee Cups and does not assess any specific brand or manufacturer.
Individual products may perform better or worse than this baseline.
Produced under Resourcehip Scoring Methodology 1.3.
AI disclosure:
This rating was produced using an AI scoring pipeline (local, no cloud — no data shared externally) and reviewed and approved by a human assessor before publication.
Scoring model: qwen3.5:35b.
The model's training data influences the findings — see the methodology for caveats.
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Assessed: 2026-04-26 · Next review: 2027-04-26 · Methodology 1.3
