Report Alleges Starbucks Cups Not Recycled Despite Claims
A US environmental group has released a report claiming that Starbucks' plastic cups, often marked as 'widely recyclable,' are not actually being recycled and instead end up in landfills. The report challenges the company's sustainability claims regarding its cup disposal.
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Starbucks does not recycle plastic cups it claims are ‘widely recyclable’, report says
Researchers from watchdog group glued trackers to chain’s cups and found not one ended up at a recycling facility If you attach a GPS tracker to a “widely recyclable” plastic Starbucks cup and drop it in an in-store recycling bin, you might expect it to end up in a recycling plant, but environmental watchdog organization Beyond Plastics says that’s not the case in a new report. Starbucks announced that their plastic cups were now considered “widely recyclable” earlier this year, according to ...
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