Mp's Want A Levy On Take Away Coffee

[emmie]

as if it's not expensive enough. Surely there must be a better way to dispose of all these billions of coffee non disposable cups.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42564948

[Bathsheba]

Islay, if that's what you think, then fine, whatever......

[youngmafbog]

Iselay, it is to do with the recycling of said cups. They are lined with a plastic that means most recycling plants cannot handle them.

Coffee may have been drunk for 300 years but not in plastic lined cups.

[kvalidir]

No but you'll find the younger folks tend to be the ones who go re-useable, I don't know many who don't have their own cups. We know what the problem is, it's persuading some folks that it's normal to have a cup in your bag apparently that is the issue. Like bottled water, most young people go with glass bottles.

[hc4361]

I will not carry a bag, it would ruin the line of my suit. I drink my coffee in a proper cup on the premises.

[ummmm]

If I wanted to drink coffee at work I'd have to remember to bring milk in.

[youngmafbog]

Only 1% of cups are reusable. so doesnt look like it is young people either, and since i know people in their 50's that reuse their cups I rather doubt your claim.

Bottom line is that the cup needs a redesign.

[Islay]

As I said nice to see your apology lasted a long time!

[Islay]

Nobody is disagreeing that the cup issue needs sorting! What we are disagreeing with is the assumptions and snide remarks about people drinking coffee in the street!

[kvalidir]

It doesn't seem to ruin the line of other people's suits HC, but each to their own lol :)

[Bathsheba]

Islay, yes you're quite right. I can't help getting worked up when the same person backchats me.

[gness]

MrG wouldn't carry a bag either, Hc....and didn't like the line of his suit being disturbed either....so all his bits and bobs went in my bag.... :-(
There is something attractive about a man with a bag......I don't mean the look....it's the confidence of a man carrying a bag that's sexy....
If a levy stops the trail of cups I saw littering the lanes today I'm all for it.....there is one driver who is having a game.....how many cups can he get onto the branch of a tree.....x

[youngmafbog]

I dont really see snide remarks, just observations.

The observations certainly match my own, especially in the City. I worked in the City, Bruxelles and Paris for quite a while. You do not get the same in Bruxelles and Paris.

[Islay]

Sorry but I haven't seen anyone 'backchat' you!
Sorry emmie

[youngmafbog]

A man bag? Isnt that the Old Trouble?

[Bazile]

Our council's instruction is not to put drinks cartons into the recycling waste .

I found out it was because the inside of the cartons are lined with a plastic type material which is not recyclable

[hc4361]

gness, that's why I buy my wife nice roomy bags :D

[youngmafbog]

That is correct Bazille.

[gness]

Yes...I was gifted the occasional roomy bag too, Hc...... :-(

[Mamyalynne]

Some men are allowed out unaccompanied.

[Barmaid]

I know its expensive and I think if the levy comes in there should be some adjustment for those who have reusable cups.

I dont very often partake of take away coffee, so I probably wouldnt bother with a reusable cup (apart from the fact I'm scatty enough to forget it anyway). And a levy on top wouldnt bother me.