Should there be a tax placed on throw away coffee/tea cups?

The billions of disposable coffee cups thrown away each year globally should be replaced with reusable ones because they are a waste of resources and harm forests, an international coalition of NGOs has urged.

Actually for example in the UK not everyone outside was convinced by a tax . The plastic bag charge has been successful because people have easily adapted to carrying reusable bags with them, but reusable coffee cups are bulkier and require cleaning.

Overall, a charge on disposable cups increased the use of re-usable coffee cups by 3.4 per cent, while environmental messaging in cafes increased the use of re-usable coffee cups by 2.3 per cent. The availability of re-usable cups led to an increase of 2.5 per cent and the distribution of free re-usable cups led to a further increase of 4.3 per cent.

And actually last year, the Liberal Democrats called for the introduction of a 5p charge on disposable coffee cups to cut usage. The party was also behind the introduction of plastic bag charge, which has cut the number of plastic bags used by over 85 per cent. Which is great and actually I beleive a tax placed on throw away coffee and tea cup seems like an effective solution!