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The UK consumes a large number of coffee paper cups annually, but the recovery rate is only 0.1%.

Published: 2026-01-12 Author: World Gafei

Last Updated: 2026/01/12, According to Taiwan's United News Network on March 21, the recovery rate of coffee paper cups in Britain is less than 1%. According to Goodwin, the founder of Britain's only coffee paper cup recycler, far less than 1%. In fact, there are only 3 million takeaway coffee cups recycled to Stonland or Cumbria paper cup recycling yards in the UK, but the annual consumption of coffee paper cups in the UK is as high as 3 billion, with a recovery rate of only

According to Taiwan's "United News Network" reported on March 21, the recovery rate of coffee paper cups in Britain is less than 1%. According to Goodwin, the founder of Britain's only coffee paper cup recycler, "far less than 1%".

In fact, there are only 3 million takeaway coffee cups recycled to Stonland or Cumbria paper cup recycling yards in the UK, but the annual consumption of coffee paper cups in the UK is as high as 3 billion, with a recovery rate of only about 0.1%, that is, only one in 1000 paper cups.

Local media quoted the argument of an unnamed "advocate", accusing the coffee chain of being responsible. Some of these companies have obvious recyclable logos on their cups. According to the report, the industry misled consumers into believing that the cup would be recycled, but in fact 99.9% of the cups were not like this at all.

According to the report, whether the paper cups we use can be recycled into newspapers or egg boxes depends on where we throw the cups and whether the municipal government will collect recycled paper cups. When Starbucks offered a 25-pence discount for its own cup, it admitted that big retailers such as Starbucks and Kashijia had to take responsibility.