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After the innovation in Berkeley, San Francisco, there will be an extra charge for coffee to take out the cup.

Published: 2026-08-12 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/08/12, Professional coffee knowledge exchange more coffee bean information Please follow the coffee workshop (Wechat official account cafe_style) in Berkeley, guests will soon have to pay 0.25 yuan for the cup if they want to take the coffee away. (screenshot of TV news) in liberal Berkeley, consumers who take coffee away from cafes and restaurants will soon have to pay a fee of 0.25 yuan for a cup. If not

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In Berkeley, guests have to take the coffee away and will soon have to pay 0.25 yuan for the cup. (screenshot of TV news)

In the liberal city of Berkeley, consumers who take coffee away from cafes and restaurants will soon have to pay a fee of 0.25 yuan for cups. If you don't want to pay the fee, you'll have to bring your own cup.

Berkeley's city council has introduced a bill on disposable food containers that, once passed, charges 0.25 yuan each for take-away coffee cups. All cafes, restaurants and other shops that sell food, including Starbucks, must comply.

Berkeley City Councilman Sophie Hahn, who sponsored the bill, said that in California and many parts of the United States, plastic bags are charged in supermarkets to encourage people to reduce the use of plastic bags. People pour tons of plastic into the ocean every year and must reduce the use of plastic.

Han said her goal is to change people's attitude towards food containers, minimize the use of disposable utensils and switch to recyclable materials.

However, there are also objections to this rule, as the bill may force coffee drinkers to bring their own cups.

For example, Clifford Hobson, who works in Berkeley, said, "you want me to walk around with a cup all day, No Way!"

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