UK proposes coffee cup ‘latte levy’ 英国议员提议对外带咖啡杯征收“拿铁税”
<p><span word="UK">UK</span> <span word="proposes">proposes</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="cup">cup</span> ‘<span word="latte">latte</span> <span word="levy">levy</span>’ 英国议员提议对外带咖啡杯征收“拿铁税”</p><p> 近日，英国国会议员发起了一个向外带咖啡杯征税的建议。议员们认为，对外带咖啡杯征税可以减少一次性纸杯的使用，并同时鼓励商家多使用可回收再利用的杯子。但英国政府对沾满咖啡泡沫的纸杯是否能真正被回收提出了质疑。</p><p><span word="When">When</span> <span word="MPs">MPs</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="levy">levy</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="throwaway">throwaway</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="cups">cups</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="caught">caught</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="public">public</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="imagination">imagination</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="MPs">MPs</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="radially">radially</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cups">cups</span> <span word="littering">littering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="streets">streets</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="nudge">nudge</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="shops">shops</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="providing">providing</span> <span word="recyclable">recyclable</span> <span word="cups">cups</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="wasn">wasn</span>’<span word="t">t</span> <span word="convinced">convinced</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="recycling">recycling</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="handle">handle</span> <span word="supposedly">supposedly</span> <span word="recyclable">recyclable</span> <span word="cups">cups</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="covered">covered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="cappuccino">cappuccino</span> <span word="froth">froth</span>. <span word="Ministers">Ministers</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="shop">shop</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="offer">offer</span> <span word="discounts">discounts</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="drinkers">drinkers</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="cups">cups</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="MPs">MPs</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="taxes">taxes</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="effective">effective</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="discounts">discounts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="accused">accused</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="waste">waste</span> <span word="seriously">seriously</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="denied">denied</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="too">too</span> <span word="complex">complex</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="rush">rush</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="hasty">hasty</span> <span word="solutions">solutions</span>.</p><p>英国国会议员发起向外带咖啡杯征税的建议引起了民众的关注。议员们称这个计划可以大幅地减少外带杯被乱扔在街头的数量，并且能鼓励咖啡店给顾客提供可回收再利用的杯子。</p><p>英国政府表示，他们不相信回收行业可以处理这些所谓可回收的杯子，尤其是当杯中沾了一层冷卡布奇诺沫。大臣们说虽然咖啡店主可给自带杯子的顾客打折，但税收会比折扣更有效。他们同时指责政府没有认真对待塑料垃圾的问题。</p>
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