Costa to recycle as many coffee cups as it sells by 2020

A coffee shop chain has pledged to recycle as many disposable cups as it sells by 2020 in an effort to cut the number sent to landfill.

Costa Coffee said it will recycle up to 500 million disposable coffee cups a year in the UK, including those from other retailers to match the number it hands out, and has urged other chains to do the same.