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  1. 3 Nov 2018

    Despite efforts & commitments single use coffee cup usage has gone up by a million per day in the UK - this year almost 3 billion coffee cups will be used this year which is up from 2.5 billion in 2016 - surely a is imminent

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  2. 3 Nov 2018

    Chancellor says he doesn't need to take action on because retailers are already. The reality: a MILLION more cups are being used every single DAY, reaching 3 billion by end of year. He must take action NOW! Pls RT

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  3. 30 Nov 2018

    Phillip Hammond said there was no evidence a charge on disposable coffee cups would reduce waste. Looks like the Foreign Office didn't get the memo... They introduced one and 9 months later 42% use a reusable cup. Economic incentives work!

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  4. 1 Aug 2019

    So calls for a because 5 billion plastic lined paper cups litttered or going to landfill every year is madness and must stop. Government: Call to introduce a on single-use cups - Sign the Petition! via

    6 replies 22 retweets 50 likes
  5. Feb 13

    Here are our usage figures for the @2GoCupIE scheme over the last 4 weeks! This scheme really works with an insane amount of takeaway cups being re-used! getting tough on 💪🤙🤞

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  6. 8 Jul 2019

    Love the irony that after the claimed that a levy on disposable coffee cups wouldn’t be effective, a trial in introduced a levy that saw a 74% reduction in sales of drinks in single-use cups. No excuses now

    This investigation also found that introducing a 25p surcharge on hot drinks in a disposable cup resulted in a 74% drop in sales of drinks in . More evidence of the huge positive impact a would have - time to roll out nationally!
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  7. 1 Aug 2019

    5 billion plastic-lined paper cups are used in UK coffee shops and takeaways each year. Only 4% of these are captured for recycling. Let's stop the madness ☕ Sign to tell UK gov you support a on single-use cups:

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  8. 6 Nov 2019

    While I'm in favour of the why not also tax supermarkets a levy for every item they sell needlessly wrapped in plastic??!

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  9. 29 Oct 2018

    It's . We hope to see further action on including a on disposable coffee cups & a on a range of single-use items (incl. cigarette-butts, cosmetic bottles, cleaning products, food & drink packaging, crisp packets & sauce sachets).

    2 replies 12 retweets 23 likes
  10. 15 Nov 2018

    An idea for cutting - but rather than individuals having to sort out, companies should run deposit/reuse scheme, like in Freiburg. Better than .

    2 replies 20 retweets 28 likes
  11. 4 Nov 2018

    Compostable alternative to coffee cup wins recognition Foopak Bio Natura Cup is a fully alternative. Avoid the

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  12. 5 Nov 2018

    2016: Industry pledges to take action on single-use coffee cups 2016-18: Number of unrecycled cups increases by 250 million a year 2018: Phillip Hammond says industry is doing well enough to avoid government action…

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  13. 6 Sep 2019

    Using money raised from the , we’ve bought some outdoor furniture for everyone to enjoy! Head down to and enjoy the sunshine!

    3 replies 8 retweets 22 likes
  14. 18 Dec 2018

    I'll be talking about this on just at 12 noon. There proposals are welcome, but I worry they might go the way of good ideas in several other Government consultations which were quietly withdrawn after industry pressure, such as

    1 reply 8 retweets 14 likes
  15. 15 Dec 2018

    . @MaryCreaghMP critiqued coffee chains like for implementing “end-of-pipe” solutions rather than restructuring their business models to eliminate single-use items such as cups was POSTPONED not REJECTED. We are waiting for results

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  16. 13 Nov 2018

    The Chancellor ducked the and gave plastic producers until 2022 to get their act together, meaning an extra 700,000 tons of plastic waste will be chucked away

    1 reply 8 retweets 13 likes
  17. 24 Jan 2019

    I hate the story that people are losing trust in charities. Looking at the , 78% of people feel it should benefit charities. I’d go further, it should go to local charities who can support local environmental projects.

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  18. 1 Oct 2019

    We agree with her! 🙅‍♀️ ⚠️ If you do too please sign our urgent petition to and add a on all single-use cups to reduce waste & save our environment:

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    Did anyone spot this moment at the Conservative Party Conference? was handed a plastic coffee cup by an aide, before another aide immediately snatched it away. "No disposable cups", she was heard saying.
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  19. 4 Nov 2018

    Despite effort,commitment and lots of publicity... & even the number of coffee cups used in the UK has gone up by1 million 😔 3 billion will be used in 2018. Up by 0.5 billion since 2016. Please WE NEED A NOW 😔♻️😔

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  20. 30 Nov 2018

    Not sure how much a coffee costs at the Foreign Office but a 50p differential between reusable and single use appears to have a real impact

    1 reply 3 retweets 13 likes

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