Boston Tea Party bans disposal coffee cups. Now government must force other chains to follow its lead
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Coffee chain Boston Tea Party expected to lose a quarter of its takeaway drink sales when it banned disposable cups and so it proved. It has thus far resisted a “latte levy” on disposable cups, despite evidence suggesting that the imposition of an extra charge would work rather better than the offer a discount currently does. Boston Tea Party shouldn’t have to go it alone, and nor should it be forced into the position of paying a penalty for being clean through losing business to messier rivals.
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