Monaghan Tidy Towns has launched a new "Keep Cup" campaign to encourage more people to use a reusable cup for take away coffees rather than single-use one.
Around 22,000 disposable coffee and tea cups are used every hour in Ireland, a lot of which ends up as litter.
The campaign has been launched in five outlets across the town: Neighbourhood, Sam's Bridge, Dinkin's Restaurant, the Screaming Bean, and McConnon's Londis.
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Every person using a keep cup in these locations can enter a free draw for €200 in Monaghan Town vouchers.
A so-called "latte levy" of at least 20 cents on disposable coffee cups could come into place in December.
But Emer Brennan, from the local Tidy Towns group, said schemes like this could be "the cure":
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