A panel of environmental advisers previously suggested a charge of between 20p and 25p – but it was not legislated as work was paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic

The launch of the new facilities is being promoted with an immersive art installation outside the Tate Modern, which has been made using 5,555 cups – representing the number of cups used every minute in the UK

The ‘Love Essex Not Plastic’ campaign aims to highlight the issue of single-use plastics and urge households to switch to reusable options and recycle more

Almost 90% its shops have recycling points, with customers able to leave any brand paper coffee cup for recycling

The Cup Fund is providing between £50,000 and £100,000 each to 12 winners

Paper mill James Cropper will supply responsibly-sourced paper pulp to the company to make a new line of green greetings cards

It has eliminated 97% of single-use plastics from its UK estate since February

The government’s recent call for evidence attracted an ‘unprecedented’ 162,000 responses

It hopes to prevent as many as 450,000 cups from being thrown away every year

It will only sell hot drinks in reusable cups from 1st June 2018