New ButterflyCup Poll Shows Majority of Public Want Plastic Lids Banned Immediately LONDON, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A NEW poll has revealed that an overwhelming majority of the British public would support the immediate banning of plastic coffee cup lids. More than seven-in-ten (73%) agree that single-use plastic lids should be banned in the UK and almost nine-in-ten (87%) believe they are a significant source of environmental pollution and litter. The survey of 2,079 UK adults, commissioned by ButterflyCup, comes following last year's decision by the UK government to ban plastic straws, stirrers, and cotton buds- but not lids. Britons throw away more than 5,000 takeaway coffee cups every minute - this adds up to 2.5 billion each year with only 1 in 400 being recycled. If each of those 2.5 billion cup lids were placed on top of each other, they would create a stack long enough to stretch around the entire world. This excludes the even larger quantity of plastic lids used for cold drinks.