5p Charge For Disposable Coffee Cups Urged By Thousands In Petition

Calls are growing for the introduction of a 5p charge on disposable coffee cups to combat huge numbers ending up in landfill sites.A petition on Change.org has so far attracted more than 30,000 signatures, calling for a charge similar to the plastic bag tax.Fewer than one in every 400 disposable coffees cups in the UK are currently recycled, even when actually put in recycling bins.The petition, to environment secretary Michael Gove and business secretary Greg Clark, said: “Let’s int