The man behind a prominent Ennis-based paper cup firm believes the days of traditional plastic-lined disposable coffee cups could be numbered.
The so-called latte levy has been deferred for now, which would have seen a 15 cent additional cost applied to most takeaway cups, to cut down on their use.
Research suggests around 250,000 cups a day could be diverted from Ireland’s landfills if measures were taken to take them out of society.
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Terry Fox is Managing Director of CupPrint in Ennis, which is already moving down the compostable cup route – he believes they’ll have eliminated plastic cups by next year:
