date:Sep 04, 2019
Recycling at DS Smith
Increase in recycling
Coffee cup recycling has increased from 1 in 400 to 1 in 25 cups over the past two years. According to new YouGov research commissioned by DS Smith, over half of GB adults (54%) believe that when they recycle their used coffee cups they are turned into new products.
However, nearly 20% of adults think that even when recycled these cups end up either incinerated or landfilled. Critically, the number of disposable cups used each year in the UK is est