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Closed Levy £1.00 tax on non recyclable coffee cups and give proceeds to NHS.

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Britain throws away 2 500 000 000 coffee cups a year which cannot be recycled. The technology exists to make them recyclable. This tax will make it an economic necessity for the BIG coffee companies to act.

Reference BBC1 program presented by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall "War on waste" 21:00 July 28 2016.

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