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Mp's Want A Levy On Take Away Coffee
as if it's not expensive enough. Surely there must be a better way to dispose of all these billions of coffee non disposable cups.
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"...we are talking of 25p per cup, a not inconsiderab
14:42 Fri 05th Jan 2018
The simplest solution is to ban takeaway coffee. There is no need for people to drink coffee in the street. If they are buying it to consume in a building other than the coffee house they are daft because (a) it gets cold by the time they drink it and (b) a kettle and a jar of instant are far more convenient.
You could go 'hands free' then you could juggle as you walked and annoy even more people than are already down on things.
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This seems like a good compromise.
This seems like a good compromise.
"There's no need for people to do a lot of things, but we don't ban them."
Agreed. I was responding to the question about MPs wanting to cure a problem that, in my view, is not a problem at all. Their stock answer (to almost everything) is to tax it. I'm not particularly fussed about takeaway coffee cups being used. So long as they are disposed of neatly and not just chucked in the road they can simply be scooped up and dumped in a landfill site. There are plenty of holes in the ground, disused mines and places around the coast that need reclaiming from the sea.
Putting 5p tax on the cup will not go anyway to cure the problem. Anybody willing to pay two to three quid for a cup of coffee will not stop drinking it because it goes up by 5p. If takeaway coffee is that much of a problem and since it's unnecessary then simply ban it. Personally I'd far rather see McDonald's burger wrappers taxed because people who drink coffee seem, in the main, to dispose of their cups thoughtfully whereas those who eat burgers seem to chuck their wrappers wherever they happen to finish (or tire of) their "meal".
Agreed. I was responding to the question about MPs wanting to cure a problem that, in my view, is not a problem at all. Their stock answer (to almost everything) is to tax it. I'm not particularly fussed about takeaway coffee cups being used. So long as they are disposed of neatly and not just chucked in the road they can simply be scooped up and dumped in a landfill site. There are plenty of holes in the ground, disused mines and places around the coast that need reclaiming from the sea.
Putting 5p tax on the cup will not go anyway to cure the problem. Anybody willing to pay two to three quid for a cup of coffee will not stop drinking it because it goes up by 5p. If takeaway coffee is that much of a problem and since it's unnecessary then simply ban it. Personally I'd far rather see McDonald's burger wrappers taxed because people who drink coffee seem, in the main, to dispose of their cups thoughtfully whereas those who eat burgers seem to chuck their wrappers wherever they happen to finish (or tire of) their "meal".
Bit late to the debate but as someone who consumes about 3 cups of coffee per year from high street shops, I agree with NJ. I cannot understand the culture of spending several quid on a bucketful of hot water. You're on the high street mate, not trekking through the Sahara!
Having said that, I don't see pavements littered with dozens of discarded cups.
Having said that, I don't see pavements littered with dozens of discarded cups.
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