Starbucks spearheads £1m initiative to boost paper cup recycling
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from on (#4CX5G)
Grants of up to 100,000 available to increase number of drop-off points and cut waste
A 1m fund to help expand and improve paper cup recycling facilities across the UK will be launched on Thursday by the coffee giant Starbucks and environmental charity Hubbub.
Local authorities, recycling companies and social enterprises will be invited to bid for grants of up to 100,000 on behalf of their communities to create at least 10 large-scale recycling programmes.
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