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Paper cups are recyclable - we just need more of the right bins

Mike Turner, Paper Cup Alliance
clock 26 April 2018 •

Mike Turner of the Paper Cup Alliance calls on coffee chains to launch a brand blind 'cup amnesty' to get more cups to recycling plants

I have found myself becoming something of a broken record in recent months. My family and friends have become increasingly tired of me repeating the same phrase again and again; on the radio, to the government,...

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