One-use cups to be hit with 25c levy as one of several new environmental charge proposals

Disposable coffee cups will be hit with a levy of up to 25c as part of measures to tackle disposable and single-use items.

Richard Bruton, the environment minister, also plans to increase the plastic bag levy from 22c up to 25c and will expand this tax to medium-weight plastic bags, although ‘bags for life’ will remain exempt.