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Should you pour coffee down the drain? An environmental scientist explains

By Kevin Collins, Senior Lecturer, Environment & Systems, The Open University

A woman was recently fined £150 by a council for pouring coffee down a drain before getting on a bus. The fine has now been rescinded by Richmond council in London, but the incident has prompted many discussions about whether coffee discarded like this could cause environmental damage.

About 98 million cups of coffee are consumed every day in the UK and 2 billion per day worldwide.…

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