 Tea and coffee drinkers could see a price increase of up to 15 cent under a new initiative being considered by the Minister for the Environment. Minister Dennis Nocten is considering imposing a latte levy on single use cups to encourage the use of reusable cups instead. Every day 2 million coffee cups with non-recyclable plastic linings are sent to landfill in Ireland. We asked DCU students if they think the new proposal will make a difference. I think if it's so soon environment then it's a good initiative. I don't think it would actually change people's behaviours that much. It would be better to bring your own cups because then you wouldn't have to pay for it and being a student you do have to watch how much you pay for things. Yeah, people tend to act when there's a charge placed on something so it would probably be a stimulant to help people have a good impact on the environment I suppose. To be honest I don't know if it's going to make much of a difference, 15 cent you know a lot of people just kind of have that rolling around the bottom of their bags anyway so I don't really think 15 cent is going to make a lot of a difference but to some people it might encourage them to, you'd hope it would encourage them to bring in their own mugs and not use the ones that aren't very biodegradable or whatever but to be honest now I don't think 15 cent is going to make much of a difference. Maybe if the increase was a bit bigger I don't think 15 cents would really like I don't know change people's minds about their cycling coffee cups. The department is also considering measures to encourage cafes to use biodegradable and reusable cups. A pilot project has been launched by Ross Common Tydee Towns. Locals are being encouraged to use the new reusable Rossie Cup with most cafes giving discounts to users. Bridget Fitzenry DCUTV News