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Does your reusable coffee cup make a difference?

Three years after TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shone a light on disposable coffee cups, how much has changed? Most takeaway coffee cups are not recyclable because they're lined with plastic. Starbucks introduced a 5p levy for using a disposable cup, to encourage people to bring their own, and Costa pledged to recycle as many disposable coffee cups as they produce by 2020. The industry says it's made a difference:1 in 25 coffee cups are now recycled, up from 1 in 400 three years ago.

First broadcast on You & Yours, 11 March 2019.

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