We've joined forces with one of our all time favourite brands, South West based, reusable cup makers Circular&Co. We are giving away 5 prizes of Circular&Co. Reusable Cups and our Sustainable Stationery.  Each winner will recieve three beautifully useful Circular&Co. Reusable Cups in 227ml, 340ml, and 454ml and Coffeenotes Seven Day Planner, Wirebound Medio Notebook, Organiser Pad, and List Pad worth over £80. To enter like, share and tag friends. Instagram @coffeenotes_stationery or @circularandco.  Good Luck! Circular&Co. like Coffeenotes, believe that circular ..read more

Writing a journal daily could help improve your mental health, and your life Putting pen to paper and writing down your emotions, thoughts, and feelings could have a positive impact on your wellbeing. From jotting down what you are grateful for, to recording the joyful moments of your day; scientific research suggests that journaling can help you work through negative feelings of anxiety and stress. Writing a journal for just 15-20 minutes a day, 3-4 times a week can have a positive impact on mental health; acting as a tool for self-awareness, self-reflection, emotional processing, and stress ..read more

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It's Recycling Awareness Week 18-26th September in the UK,   so how recyclable is your current stationery? Most people mistakenly believe that you can recycle mass produced stationery because it is made of paper; but most of the bindings and covers are composites of plastics, metal, laminates, glue, excessive ink and foiling, making it impossible to recycle and much of it ending up in landfill. At Coffeenotes we do things differently. We make award winning sustainable stationery in the UK, using our bespoke recycled coffee cup paper; our covers are made from repurposed waste from fo ..read more

It's Recycle Week 2022! Stationery seems like an easy thing to recycle, but there are several things you can do to avoid creating waste and get the most out of your old notebooks. Here's suggestions of how to effectively recycle stationery at home. The question of what to do with old notebooks can be a source of anxiety and guilt: How can I recycle stationery so it doesn’t end up in landfill? The good news is paper can be recycled up to 4 times: but only if you recycle it properly. There are also various ways to squeeze more use out of your old notebooks before you recycle them. 1. Remove ..read more

We’re delighted to share the news that we won Sustainable Stationery Product of Year at the Stationery Matters Awards 2022!  The winning product was our Tailor’s Collection Wirobound Notebook – in Navy Wool. Winners were announced at the ceremony at the London Stationery Show back in May and chosen by an industry panel that included individuals from Hallmark, Papier, V&A, and WHSmith. The awards celebrate the latest and greatest products in the industry. Announcing the shortlisted nominees, Alex Butler Event Director of the London Stationery Show remarked that the category receiv ..read more

To celebrate Plastic Free July 2022 and help you succeed at reducing your plastic consumption this month, we’re sharing tips about how sustainable stationery lovers can get involved with the challenge. When it comes to switching out plastic in your lives, stationery might not be an obvious place to start. But there are plenty of sneaky ways plastic is used. Drawing on our experience creating stationery at our factory we're sharing tips and simple switches - to help you go plastic free. 1. Switch out the spiral Who doesn’t love the layflat experience of a spiral notebook? Unfortunately, mo ..read more

When we discovered recycled coffee cup paper we knew instantly we wanted to create sustainable stationery with it. Did you know 2.5 billion cups are thrown away every year in the UK? This is because the cups have a plastic coating on the inside which means they can’t be recycled through normal schemes. To tackle this environmental issue, the UK’s leading paper mill James Cropper established CupCycling™. It’s the world’s first scheme dedicated to recycling paper coffee cups. The innovative circular design process results in zero waste. By removing the pla ..read more