In June 2018 Boston Tea Party banned single use coffee cups from its cafes – the first café chain to do so in the UK. They’ve reached a new milestone and saved over 800,000 cups from landfill. This is a big achievement for Boston Tea Party, but a drop in the ocean when you consider the scale of single use coffee cups in the UK, around 500,000 are littered every day.
The National Marine Aquarium has joined over 30 local business in Plymouth to support the Refill Devon campaign.
‘Refill’ is one of the fastest growing and successful bottle refill schemes around the country. The practical tap water campaign aims to make refilling your bottle as easy, convenient and cheap as possible by introducing refill points on every street.
