Consumers should be charged a 25p “latte levy” on disposable coffee cups with the revenue used to pay for improved recycling facilities, MPs have urged. The Government is being urged to introduce a 25p charge on disposable cups on top of the price of a coffee (Yui Mok/PA)We are recommending the Government to introduce a 25p levy on the use of disposable coffee cups. The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Hooray for reusable cups 💚 pic.twitter.com/9chc0v8ITV — Pret (@Pret) January 2, 2018Committee chairwoman Mary Creagh said: “The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year, enough to circle the planet five-and-a-half times. Taxpayers are footing the bill for disposing of the billions of coffee cups thrown away each year, whether or not they are coffee drinkers.

Source: Daily Mail January 05, 2018 06:11 UTC