It's time to put a tax on plastic

Has the time come for a levy on take-away coffee cups? We’re all familiar with littering caused by these cups and a regular reader gives a classic example: “Recently, I was driving from Killarney to Cork and was very impressed at the spotless condition of the roadside. There was a general clean-up in progress for some time.

I was following a white van for some miles and, as I approached Ballyvourney, was disgusted to see the passenger chucking a cup and lid out the window on the Cork side of the county bounds