Over 99.75% of #disposable coffee cups are not recycled!

A staggering 2.5 billion #coffee cups are used in the UK alone each year. Yes, you read that correct, it's truly shocking! Also 1.5 billion litres of water go into making these cups. Coffee cups that end up in landfill sites produce an annual #carbon #footprint equivalent to 152,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (similar to that of 33,000 cars!) - HOC Environmental Audit Committee. Don't be fooled by the #compostable kind either as these are rarely disposed of in a manner that can ever compose properly. How many compostable bins have you found on a day out that can house...