Conor Horgan

So whatever value it has as compost, and of course it's not food, it's paper, so it doesn't have a nutrient value.

But, you know, that is part of the problem.

Yeah, Conor?

Well, I mean, I think the initial commitment came from the Green Party and the previous government.

And I was speaking to the minister and remember at the time they had the deposit return scheme on the go.

They had the outlawing of vapes on the table.

I think doing all three together was too much for a government.

Levy is not a nice word in government circles.

It's a tax, effectively, as people see it.

And I think the Green Party played for time.

They had to, politically, and they ran out of time.

OK.

Abi, what happens if we don't have a latte levy?

Yes.

I mean, to your question, I think coffee cups are quite conspicuous.

There's lots of other litter types you don't see.

But I think, you know, a few coffee cups is enough to ruin a landscape.

We're a group that believes that our economic prosperity depends on a clean environment.

We charge lots for our tourist product.

With that comes the expectation of clean streets.