Costa, Greggs, McDonald's and Starbucks among coffee giants to sign cup recycling deal

Madeleine Cuff
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New agreement will work on developing nationwide recycling system to tackle the UK's disposable cup crisis, which sees 2.5 billion thrown away each year

Some of the UK's largest coffee shops have joined forces to battle Britain's cup waste mountain, announcing plans to develop a nationwide recycling system they hope will curb the numbers of takeaway cups...

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