MPs launch probe into environmental damage done by disposable coffee cups and plastic bottles

As millions of plastic bottles and cardboard coffee cups are thrown away every day, an inquiry has been launched into the environmental damage of disposable drinks packaging.The Commons' Environmental Audit Committee started the inquiry as household recycling rates have stalled around 44 per cent, far off the Government’s target to increase the rate of plastic packaging recycling to 57 per cent by the end of 2017.Mary Creagh, the committee's chair, said: “Our throwaway society has gi