No plans to tax coffee cups, UK government says
by Nadia Khomami from Environment | The Guardian on (#17G7X)
Defra says minister was wrong to suggest levy could be introduced after revelation only one in 400 cups is recycled
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has said one of its own ministers was wrong to suggest coffee cups could be taxed to tackle a "huge" recycling problem in Britain.
Rory Stewart made the remarks in the House of Commons after it was revealed that just one in 400 coffee cups are recycled each year.
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