MPs call for “latte levy” on coffee cups

An Environmental Audit Committee report out today says a cup charge should help pay for improved recycling facilities. It says if 100% of single-use cups aren’t recycled by 2023 then there should be an outright ban on providing them. The report says: The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups Environmental Audit Committee Chair, Mary Creagh MP, said:  “The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year; enough to circle the planet five and a half times. Almost none are recycled and half a million a day…

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