Sorry, millennials: A latte tax might be coming to make takeaway coffee cups more expensive

They may take our lattes, but they will never take our freedom. 

UK politicians want the government to introduce a 25p (33 cents) “latte levy” on disposable coffee cups in an effort to eliminate waste. MPs say if cup recycling doesn’t improve drastically by 2023, they’ll be banned completely. 

The latte levy was proposed in a new report authored by the Environmental Audit Committee, which revealed that many coffee consumers “mistakenly think that disposable cups are widely recycled.” 

The report says disposable coffee cups are “made from paper and lined with plastic” which renders them waterproof. But, the problem is: the plastic lining “can’t be removed by most recycling facilities.” Read more…

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