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Plastic Disposable Coffee Cup Lids — Start Your Collection Now

How much thought have you given to your plastic coffee cup lid? Not much, we're guessing, unless you tipped it the wrong way and spilled impossibly hot liquid down your front. And definitely not as much thought as some folks, profiled in a fascinating piece in the Atlantic that includes lots and lots...
By Amy SilvermanMay 10, 2011
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How much thought have you given to your plastic coffee cup lid? 
Not much, we’re guessing, unless you tipped it the wrong way and spilled impossibly hot liquid down your front. 
And definitely not as much thought as some folks, profiled in a fascinating piece in the Atlantic that includes lots and lots of coffee lid porn for your viewing pleasure. One designer has been saving and photographing lids since 1995. 
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Amy Silverman is the former managing editor of Phoenix New Times. She is a two-time winner of the Arizona Press Club’s Journalist of the Year award. Her work has appeared on the radio show This American Life and in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Lenny Letter, and Brain, Child.

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