Petition · past parliament
Introduce a 5p tax on all disposable takeaway cups.
Closed
112 signatures
What the petition asks
The UK uses approximately 2.5 billion takeaway cups a year. Most are un-recyclable. This is a huge amount of waste. The 5p bag tax reduced carrier bag use by 85%, from 7 billion to 500 million a year. Introducing a similar tax for disposable cups would reduce another source of waste.
Timeline
| 1 Nov 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 1 May 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
112
Status
Closed
Opened
1 Nov 2017
Closed
1 May 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.