Ecosurety and City to Sea to launch Bristol returnable cup scheme

Cecilia Keating
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Initiative aims to prevent a quarter of a million single-use hot drink cups from entering waste streams every day

A reusable 'returnable' cup scheme is to be launched across the city of Bristol this autumn by environmental charity City to Sea. The initiative, one of eight projects to secure funding from a £1m fund...

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