Independent coffee chain Boston Tea Party has encouraged rivals to ditch single-use coffee cups despite seeing a sales slump of £250,000 ($325,000). Boston Tea Party, BTP, sales have dipped in the year since it banned the disposable cups last summer, citing the ban as the main reason. Customers must bring a reusable cup, drink in or pay a deposit on a cup they can return to any branch. Scroll down for videoBoston Tea Party has encouraged rivals to ditch single-use coffee cups despite seeing a sales slump of £250,000 ($325,000). Mr Roberts said the firm had stopped 125,000 cups going to landfill, sold 40,000 reusable coffee cups and raised £12,000 for local charities with the money saved on buying disposable cups - roughly 10 pence for every cup.

Source: Daily Mail April 02, 2019 15:50 UTC