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Coffee Cup Levy: Will It Solve Our Problems?

This week single-use coffee cups are to be hit with a levy of up to 25 cent under new government ...

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11.00 9 Nov 2019


Coffee Cup Levy: Will It Solve Our Problems?



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11.00 9 Nov 2019


This week single-use coffee cups are to be hit with a levy of up to 25 cent under new government plans to tackle plastic waste.

Meanwhile, the Butterfly Cup is Irish company that created the world’s first plastic-free recyclable paper coffee cup. Their CEO Tommy McLoughlin joined Bobby Kerr in studio to share his thoughts on the new "latte levy".


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