Fewer than one in 400 paper cups handed out by high street coffee chains are being recycled, The Times has learnt, prompting claims that vendors are misleading their customers.
Starbucks, Costa, Caffè Nero and Pret were accused yesterday of making claims about recycling which result in people falsely believing that their cups are environmentally friendly.
The storm in the coffee cup was unveiled by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the celebrity chef, who revealed that only one firm in the country could separate the coating from the paper so that both can be recycled.
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