Senators will debate the ‘latte levy’ bill in Leinster House on Tuesday as retailers and environmentalists clash over the proposed new legislation.
The Circular Economy Bill proposes to impose a 20c levy on all takeaway coffee cups to encourage people to bring their own keep-cups and cut down on disposable coffee cups waste.
It’s estimated by the Green party that café drinkers throw away 200,000 million coffee cups in Ireland every year, or 22,000 cups per hour.
