Countryside feels the environmental effects of our love affair with coffee

Discarded coffee cups have become a massive issue for councils, writes Majella O’Sullivan

Georgia Burgess of Bean in Dingle. Picture: Don MacMonagle

WE MIGHT be a nation of tea drinkers, but our growing love affair with the coffee bean and how we drink it is creating a headache for environmentalists and litter wardens.

The takeaway latte, cappuccino, and Americano have become such a part of our daily lives that coffee sales have skyrocketed over the past few years as cafe culture takes hold.