{"id":23221,"date":"2019-03-01T14:31:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T14:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=23221"},"modified":"2019-03-01T14:31:13","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T14:31:13","slug":"call-for-25p-latte-levy-on-single-use-cups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/call-for-25p-latte-levy-on-single-use-cups\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for 25p &#039;latte levy&#039; on single use cups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Almost 2,000 people have signed a petition started by Friends of the Earth Cymru to introduce a 25p tax on takeaway cups.\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>According to Friends of the Earth:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Around 237 million single-use coffee cups and 183 million coffee cup lids are used every year in Wales<\/li>\n<li>320 million single-use cups are used each year for drinks such as for smoothies, milkshakes, and juices<\/li>\n<li>Only 1 in 400 takeaway cups are being recycled<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Catherine Price from Coffee Planet in Cardiff says &#8220;around 10 per cent&#8221; of her customers during the morning rush hour take up the discount that they offer for bringing a reusable mug, but thinks a 25p tax would put off some of her regular customers.<br \/>\n&#8220;When you&#8217;re only paying around \u00a32.60 for a flat white and its a very small cup if you&#8217;re going to put 25p onto that&#8230;I think coffee shops are going to lose business.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;If it was 5p or 10p&#8230;then maybe that wouldn&#8217;t deter.<br \/>\n&#8220;There&#8217;s a fine line between being economically and ecologically responsible and actually being a business and trying to make money&#8221;.<br \/>\nSean O&#8217;Donavan, who runs the Coffee Bike stall and regularly sells coffee in central Cardiff, told CJS News &#8220;a small percentage&#8221; of his customers bring a reusable mug, but that the number of people who did was &#8220;gradually growing&#8221;.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23236\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23236\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23236\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0355-525x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23236\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0355-525x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" \/><\/noscript> Coffee Planet on Newport Road in Cardiff sells reusable mugs and offers a discount for customers who bring their own mug.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nEnvironmental organisations have welcomed calls for a levy. In a statement the World Wildlife Federation Cymru said a latte levy would help tackle non-recyclable waste, &#8221; is particularly damaging to our environment and wildlife.&#8221;<br \/>\nFriends of the Earth claim that a 25p charge\u00a0for single-use\u00a0cups, together with a system where cups can be returned to more cafes, would\u00a0reduce these cups by around 30%.<br \/>\nThe Paper Cup Association, which represents disposable cup manufacturers in the UK, said that paper cups are in fact one hundred per cent recyclable, and that they remain &#8220;the most sustainable and hygienic choice for take away drinks&#8221;.<br \/>\nIt said the introduction of a charge for single-use cups would have a &#8220;disproportionate impact&#8221; on local jobs, including at the two main UK manufacturers of disposable cups which are located in Wales.<br \/>\nThe UK government rejected proposals for such a charge in March 2018, concluding it wouldn&#8217;t reduce disposable cup usage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 2,000 people have signed a petition started by Friends of the Earth Cymru to introduce a 25p tax on takeaway cups.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[494,495,496,497,382,101,498],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-23221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-coffee","tag-disposable-cups","tag-latte-levy","tag-paper-cup-alliance","tag-recycling","tag-tax","tag-world-wildlife-fund"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Call for 25p &#039;latte levy&#039; 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