UK needs 'latte levy' on disposable coffee cups to cut waste - MPs

Britain should charge a 25-pence "latte levy" on disposable coffee cups to cut down waste and ban them if a recycling target is not met by 2023, a committee of lawmakers said on Friday.Less than 1 percent of coffee cups are recycled in Britain because of the tightly bonded plastic liner, the difficulties of recycling packaging which has been in contact with food and drink and a lack of facilities, the lawmakers said.Chains Pret A Manger, Costa Coffee , Caffe Nero and Greggsalongside U.S. firm St