英国将开启纸杯收费模式

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本文介绍了英国国会议员提议对一次性咖啡纸杯收费用于纸杯回收及英国纸杯回收率低的现状及原因，以及他们建议的后续处理办法。

Members of Parliament(MP) are calling for a 25 pence of tax on single-use coffee cups, and a total ban unless recycling improves. A report by the Environmental Audit Committee says the tax should be used to improve the UK’s recycling systems. The MP say throwaway cups should be banned completely by 2023 if they are not all being recycled.

国会议员要求对一次性咖啡杯征收25分的税，并且全面禁止，除非循环利用得到改善。环境审计委员会的一份报告说，这个税收应该用来改善英国的回收设施。国会议员说，如果不是全部回收的话，到2023年应该完全禁止一次性丢弃的杯子。

In response, Starbucks said it would try out a 5 pence cup charge in 20 to 25 central London outlets. “We will begin the movement in February and it will last for three months at first,” the firm said, adding that it continued to offer a 25 pence discount to customers who brought their own reusable cups.

作为回应，星巴克表示将在伦敦市中心的20到25家网点尝试每个杯子收费5便士的政策。该公司说：“我们将在二月份开始试行，最初将持续三个月。”他补充说，自带可重复使用的杯子的客户可以继续享受25％的折扣。

The government agrees plastic waste is a problem and may also call for tax on single-use plastics.

政府意识到塑料废物也是一个问题，并有可能征收一次性塑料杯税。

The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year—that’s enough to circle the planet five and a half times. Almost none are recycled and half a million a day are thrown away. The UK’s coffee shop market is expanding rapidly, so we need to start a movement in recycling.

英国每年扔掉25亿个一次性咖啡杯，这足以绕这个星球五分半钟。几乎没有任何回收利用，每天有50万个废弃咖啡纸杯产生。英国的咖啡店市场正在迅速扩张，所以我们需要启动一个回收革命。

Disposable coffee cups are technically recyclable, but most are not because the UK has just three equipment that can split the paper and plastic parts for recycling.

一次性咖啡杯在技术上是可回收利用的，但大多数并没有回收是因为英国只有三台设施可以将纸张和塑料拆分开来回收利用。