UK Cup Fund Boosts Recycling by 35 Million Paper Cups Per Year

Starbucks and environmental charity, Hubbub, today announce the first winners of The Cup Fund – the U.K.’s largest grant fund to bolster and scale paper cup recycling. Twelve programmes have been selected to receive grants of between £50,000 and £100,000, all funded by the Starbucks 5p cup charge, to each develop long-term infrastructure. The funding is expected to have a significant impact: Cup recycling facilities will be introduced in more than 70 locations, with combined annual footfall of over 220 million 36 organisations will work collaboratively to make the schemes a success 35 million cups…

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