Latte levy? MPs urge radical action to cut coffee cup waste

Michael Holder
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Environmental Audit Committee report offers up strong brew of anti-waste measures to curb disposable coffee cup waste - including 25p charge on single-use cups

A 25p 'latte levy' is needed to help eradicate the 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups wasted in the UK each year, a cross-party group of MPs has concluded. A report today by Parliament's Environmental...

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