There has been a small (and I mean small) move in the right direction with respect to disposable coffee cups. A joint deal has been agreed between major players in an attempt to accelerate recyling. This will see the roll-out of 400 recycling points in the UK. Hmm, that's only about 4 per county! Still, it's better than nothing and may help to increase the number recycled which currently stands at fewer than 1%.
The elephant in the room is the need for education and attitude change in the population at large. This, I suspect, will only come when it is made easy to recycle, which means having thousands of recycling points because, by their very nature, these cups are used "on the go". Big question: "Who will fund such a move?"
Over to the retailers.
(See other coffee cup related posts elsewhere in this blog)
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