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title: Costa's coffee cup recycling scheme is a flop
description: "- The Times - Britain's biggest coffee shop chain has blamed its customers after its recycling scheme for takeaway cups flopped, with less than 3% collecte"
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# [Costa's coffee cup recycling scheme is a flop](https://eseconsortium.com/media-coverage/costas-coffee-cup-recycling-scheme-is-a-flop)

 Scritto da [Consorzio E.S.E.](https://eseconsortium.com/media-coverage/author/consorzio-e-s-e-) | 18/04/2018

- The Times -

Britain's biggest coffee shop chain has blamed its customers after its recycling scheme for takeaway cups flopped, with less than 3% collected. Costa sells 500 million hot drinks in disposable cups each year, a fifth of the total is sold in the UK, but in the 12 months to February it collected and recycled only 14 million cups.

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