Square Mile Challenge on track to recycle to 500,000 coffee cups in first month

Madeleine Cuff
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Coffee cup recycling scheme involving Costa, Starbucks, Marks & Spencer and financial firms across City of London aims to recycle five million cups by the end of the year

A major recycling scheme to tackle the huge waste mountains generated by disposable coffee cups every day in the UK looks set to meet its target of collecting 500,000 cups in its first month. The scheme,...

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