POLL: Should coffee customers be charged 25p for disposable cups?
The Environmental Audit Committee believes that all disposable coffee cups should be recycled by 2023.
In Gosport, coffee cup firm Huhtamaki – which manufactures coffee cups for Starbucks – is aiming to introduce disposal points for coffee cups in the town, working alongside Gosport Borough Council.
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Committee chairwoman Mary Creagh said: ‘Almost none are recycled and half-a-million a day are littered.
‘Coffee cup producers and distributors have not taken action to rectify this and government has sat on its hands.
‘We need to kick-start a revolution in recycling.
‘Coffee shops have been pulling the wool over customers’ eyes, telling us their cups can be recycled when less than one per cent are.’