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MPs Call For ‘Latte Levy’ To Cut Coffee Cup Waste<\/b>
\nMPs are asking the Government to introduce a 25p charge on disposable coffee cups to be paid for on top of the price of a hot drink.<\/p>\n

Waste cups are \u201can unsightly and damaging blight on the environment,\u201d said the Environmental Audit Committee in a new report published Friday. The Committee\u2019s proposed \u201clatte levy\u201d would be used to encourage customers to adopt reusable cups, while revenue from the levy would go into improving the UK\u2019s recycling infrastructure for packaging waste.<\/p>\n

While consumers have been led to believe disposable coffee cups are widely recyclable and recycled, the report pointed to evidence that less than 1% actually get recycled, in part because their plastic liner makes them difficult and costly to do so.<\/p>\n

To coincide with the launch of the report, Committee chair Mary Creagh MP said a revolution in recycling is needed given the UK coffee shop market\u2019s continued expansion and the current inadequate action on coffee cup waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UK throws away 2.5bn disposable coffee cups every year; enough to circle the planet five and a half times,\u201d said Creagh. \u201cAlmost none are recycled and half a million a day are littered. Coffee cup producers and distributors have not taken action to rectify this, and Government has sat on its hands.\u201d<\/p>\n

The promotion of a charge for disposable cups,\u00a0rather than a discount for customers bringing reusable cups, comes down to a question of effectiveness, according to the Committee. The report points out that while a number of large coffee retailers offer a 25p discount to customers bringing their own cups, awareness and uptake has been very low (around 1%) to date. In contrast, it says, the plastic bag charge reduced plastic bag usage by 83% in its first year.<\/p>\n

\u201cResearch has shown that consumers react better to an additional charge than a discount,\u201d Creagh\u00a0told HuffPost. She also said\u00a0consumers needn\u2019t bear the brunt of the levy since companies like Starbucks already offer a discount for customers with reusable cups so \u201cthey could easily absorb the additional 25p cost \u2013 the base charge could be 25p less than it is now, and the 25p increase would take it to its current price\u201d.<\/p>\n

Whether coffee shops want to adopt a \u201clatte levy\u201d is a different question.\u00a0Pret a Manger\u00a0CEO Clive Schlee, writing for HuffPost about the chain\u2019s recent decision to introduce a 50p\u00a0discount for customers bringing a reusable cup,\u00a0said: \u201cWe debated whether charging people for using paper cups felt right. We decided that it goes against our instincts as we would prefer to be generous to our customers than to tax them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Mathis Wackernagel, founder and CEO of the Global Footprint Network, welcomes proposed initiatives such as the \u201clatte levy\u201d\u00a0but said the UK requires far more ambitious policies to address its heavy material resource dependency if it wants to have a resilient economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn economy requires resources to run on,\u201d he told HuffPost. \u201cThe triple challenge we\u2019re facing globally is one of a growing population with growing material aspirations and the need to phase out fossil fuels way before 2050.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlready the world requires 70% more than the planet\u2019s ecosystems can renew; the UK\u2019s current material demands are four times larger than what its own ecosystems replenish. This points out how poorly prepared our economies are to meet the resource challenges we face. This is not just a Starbucks problem, it is one for the 10 Downing Streets of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201clatte levy\u201d is one of several potential solutions to disposable packaging outlined by the Committee. Others include a target for all disposable coffee cups to be recycled by 2023, with a ban on all disposable coffee cups if the target is not met.<\/p>\n

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HuffPost\u2019s\u00a0This New World\u00a0series is funded by Partners for a New Economy and the Kendeda Fund. All content is editorially independent, with no influence or input from the foundation.\u00a0If you\u2019d like to contribute a post to the editorial series, send an email to\u00a0thisnewworld@huffpost.com<\/a>
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