Can you recycle disposable coffee cups in St Albans?
No — general waste
Disposable hot-drink cups go in your brown general waste bin.
brown general waste bin
Paper coffee cups are lined with a thin plastic film to make them waterproof. That lining means they can't be recycled with ordinary paper and card, and St Albans lists hot-drink cups as general waste.
Getting it right
The cardboard sleeve (with no plastic) can go in your paper & card boxes.
A plastic lid on its own is a pot/tub-type plastic — rinse it and it can go in the black recycling bin.
Some coffee chains run their own in-store cup take-back schemes if you want to divert them.