coffee shops not doing enough to combat huge increase in waste cups /

Just 1% of the 2.5bn disposable cups thrown absent each year in the UK are recycled,committee of MPs is toldCoffee shops are not doing enough to deal with the billions of disposable cups that are thrown absent in the UK each year, an influential committee of MPs has been told.
The environment audit committee heard that the phenomenal growth of on-the-go coffee meant that 2.5bn disposable cups are thrown absent annually in the UK, and a number expected to rise to approximately 3bn by 2025. Only 1% are recycled.
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Source: theguardian.com