Yes takeaway coffee cups can be recycled. Please consider purchasing a reusable coffee cup.
RECYCLED Where?
The Green Centre at Brighton Open Market. More details here.
Check out the Cup Neutral scheme which is a local collaboration between Brighton Catering Supplies, Small Batch and other independent cafes and hospitality business in Brighton and Hove. There are bins throughout the city. See the map on their website.
Costa Coffee shops will accept your takeaway coffee cups for recycling.
How?
All the listed schemes will accept any brand of coffee cup.
The Green Centre & Cup Neutral will accept white lids. Black lids must be disposed of in your general waste.
DID YOU KNOW?
The UK consumes 2.5 billion coffee cups per year.
99.75% of coffee cups in the UK don’t get recycled.