Every year the UK gets through billions of single use drinks cups, the type used by coffee chains and takeaway outlets. Not all are recyclable.
Every day single use drinks cups are sent to landfill in their hundreds of thousands, only around 1 in every 400 is recycled.
Many such cups end up littering our parks & greenspaces.
By requiring that all single use drinks cups, as well as their lids, labels & sleeves are 100% biodegradable we can ensure that their negative impact upon our planet is reduced. Recycling only works when people actually do it. Requiring packaging such as this to be 100% biodegradable will make a tangible difference to the environment in Scotland where discarded single use drinks cups can be seen littering our country.