[Drinking] The Latte levy

Herr Tubthumper · Jan 6, 2018

Latte levy: could 25p charge fix our throwaway habits? Proposal to tackle tide of takeaway cups heading for landfill gets mixed reaction.

This surely has to be a good thing? I’d also add in a tax rebate for those using a re-usable cup.

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...-change-britains-throwaway-coffee-cup-culture

mothy · Jan 6, 2018

Pret give 50p off for anyone using their own cup.

Starbucks offer a discount too.

About time we all thought more about our plastic waste

PILTDOWN MAN · Jan 6, 2018

mothy said:
Pret give 50p off for anyone using their own cup.

Starbucks offer a discount too.

About time we all thought more about our plastic waste

50p off that's 10p more than I pay for my coffee in the morning.

mac04 · Jan 6, 2018

Apparently Exeter Rugby club have reusable beer containers. You pay £1 deposit and then get that back at the end of the game, or take it home and use it next match.

Would that work at the Amex?

dazzer6666 · Jan 6, 2018

mac04 said:
Apparently Exeter Rugby club have reusable beer containers. You pay £1 deposit and then get that back at the end of the game, or take it home and use it next match.

Would that work at the Amex?

Mentioned on the plastics thread. Sussex CCC do this at Hove, and also happens at Twickenham. Great idea.

Re the latte tax, has to be a good thing.

AmexRuislip · Jan 6, 2018

Thats all we need, is another cof FEE,

Herr Tubthumper · Jan 6, 2018

mac04 said:
Apparently Exeter Rugby club have reusable beer containers. You pay £1 deposit and then get that back at the end of the game, or take it home and use it next match.

Would that work at the Amex?

Deposits on beer “glasses” are common practice here in bars, concert venue and football grounds. At the football many get left for kids to collect and earn a few quid. The majority of glass and plastic bottles have deposits which are redeemable at supermarkets as well.

Herr Tubthumper · Jan 6, 2018

PILTDOWN MAN said:
50p off that's 10p more than I pay for my coffee in the morning.

A good incentive then?

Beach Hut · Jan 6, 2018

Herr Tubthumper said:
Latte levy: could 25p charge fix our throwaway habits? Proposal to tackle tide of takeaway cups heading for landfill gets mixed reaction.

This surely has to be a good thing? I’d also add in a tax rebate for those using a re-usable cup.

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...-change-britains-throwaway-coffee-cup-culture

Would it not be better to design / invent a take-away hot drink cup that is re-cyclable ?

Yes Chef · Jan 6, 2018

Herr Tubthumper said:
Deposits on beer “glasses” are common practice here in bars, concert venue and football grounds. At the football many get left for kids to collect and earn a few quid. The majority of glass and plastic bottles have deposits which are redeemable at supermarkets as well.

So, what you're saying is, it would happen in Germany

Cheshire Cat · Jan 6, 2018

I have never understood paying £2-£3 for something that must cost a fraction of a penny to produce. I know the overheads for coffee shops must be really high, but just shows how gullible the general public is.

It's not even beer!!!

PILTDOWN MAN · Jan 6, 2018

Herr Tubthumper said:
A good incentive then?

Typical left wing shite. Tax people instead of banning these cups and forcing the makers to make ones that can recycled which is not be beyond the whit of man

Herr Tubthumper · Jan 6, 2018

Beach Hut said:
Would it not be better to design / invent a take-away hot drink cup that is re-cyclable ?

I think this is a good idea, and one of my local coffee shops does use recyclable cups and I do use them. But my personal situation is that as I buy a take-away coffee every morning (at the very least) I could not see any argument against buying a reusable cup. Over 200 of my cups a year just seems a waste of resources regardless of wether they can be recycled or not.

Bozza · Jan 6, 2018

Beach Hut said:
Would it not be better to design / invent a take-away hot drink cup that is re-cyclable ?

I've not read the article, but a TV piece I saw on this yesterday suggested currently 1 in 400 disposable cups is recyclable.

Something like this was shown in the same article as another alternative: http://amzn.to/2AAyO1c

Herr Tubthumper · Jan 6, 2018

PILTDOWN MAN said:
Typical left wing shite. Tax people instead of banning these cups and forcing the makers to make ones that can recycled which is not be beyond the whit of man

I think it was Tory’s who suggested this?

PILTDOWN MAN · Jan 6, 2018

Herr Tubthumper said:
I think this is a good idea, and one of my local coffee shops does use recyclable cups and I do use THEM. But my personal situation is that as I buy a take-away coffee every morning (at the very least) I could not see any argument against buying a reusable cup. Over 200 of my cups a year just seems a waste of resources regardless of wether they can be recycled or not.

So you use them why not just the one? So I take it you've bought "them" and are using "them" every time.

Herr Tubthumper · Jan 6, 2018

Cheshire Cat said:
I have never understood paying £2-£3 for something that must cost a fraction of a penny to produce. I know the overheads for coffee shops must be really high, but just shows how gullible the general public is.

It's not even beer!!!

If someone had said, 20 years ago, that the future will be bursting at the seams with coffee which can cost the same price as a beer you’d have been carted off.

studio150 · Jan 6, 2018

Stupid idea.

Why should I have to carry around a reusable cup on the basis that I may at some point during the day want a hot drink. It's not going to fit in my pockets.

Also a take away coffee becomes more expensive than a have in coffee, but if there is a rush an the cafe has no more china cups as they are behind in washing them up, do I have to still pay the tax for a take away cup although I'm not taking it away.

Rather than apply yet another indirect tax, it would be better for the coffee chains to develop a fully recyclable cup, an trade on their Green policies.

studio150 · Jan 6, 2018

Herr Tubthumper said:
If someone had said, 20 years ago, that the future will be bursting at the seams with coffee which can cost the same price as a beer you’d have been carted off.

What. my coffee doesn't cost £4

Herr Tubthumper · Jan 6, 2018

PILTDOWN MAN said:
So you use them why not just the one? So I take it you've bought "them" and are using "them" every time.

Apologies if I wasn’t clear. I have a glass and plastic re-usable cup which I typically carry with me on work days. If I need a take-away coffee and don’t have this cup with me I go to a place which uses disposable re-cyclable cups.

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