Consumers of hot drinks are being encouraged to be more mindful of the environment after it was revealed that the UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year.

One of the ways you can help combat this is to bring your own reusable cup to the coffee chain of your choice.

Here are the benefits:

Costa

Costa offers customers 25p off any hot or cold handcrafted drink when you bring your own reusable cup. They are soon launching two new multipurpose reusable cups.

Pret a Manger

Those of you with a taste for Pret a Manger could benefit from an even better deal. The coffee chain has recently decided to knock 50p off the price of a hot drink (once the customers brings their own reusable cup).

Since 2017 Pret a Manger has offered a 25p discount for environmentally friendly customers but they kickstarted the new year by doubling this discount.

Starbucks

Much like its rival Costa - Starbucks will give you 25p off your drink if you bring your own reusable cup.

This means that if you buy a Starbucks coffee every morning with a reusable cup - you could save £1.75 per week.

To look at it more broadly, you could save the best part of a hundred pounds per year (if you are a particularly dedicated coffee consumer).

Caffe Nero

Italian coffee makers Caffe Nero will not offer you money off a drink for bringing a reusable cup. However, they will give you an extra stamp on your loyalty card. Customers get a free coffee once nine stamps are collected.

Like the other chains - Caffe Nero also sells its own reusable cups.