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Starbucks to Ban Plastic Straws
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:08 pm
Starbucks: Goodbye Plastic Straws
Sorry, just wanted to see people rage about straws some more after that Seattle post
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Starbucks announced on Monday it plans to eliminate plastic straws from its 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020. The company will broaden the manufacture and use of what some in social media have dubbed the "adult sippy cup." It's a plastic strawless lid that will come to replace single-use plastic straws that now inundate its coffee shops. The company says the move, when fully implemented, could mean a billion fewer plastic straws across its stores each year. And it's a part of Starbucks' $10 million investment in creating recyclable and compostable cups around the world.
The strawless lid has already been in use at many of the company's stores for certain kinds of cold drinks like cold foam and "draft nitro," the coffee drink that comes out of a keg, mixed with nitrogen. Unlike straws, the new lid can be recycled, the company said.
"For our partners and customers, this is a significant milestone to achieve our global aspiration of sustainable coffee, served to our customers in more sustainable ways," Kevin Johnson, president and chief executive officer for Starbucks, said in a statement.
Starbucks' headquarters are in Seattle, where a ban on plastic straws just kicked in.
Other chains are also experimenting with getting rid of straws. In June, McDonald's announced it would start phasing out plastic straws at about 1,300 restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Sorry, just wanted to see people rage about straws some more after that Seattle post
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:09 pm to LadyTigers1
Chick-Fil-A is keeping straws
What a great American company.
What a great American company.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:10 pm to LadyTigers1
Old news and ngaf about Starbucks in here.
Geaux Chick-fil-A!
Geaux Chick-fil-A!
This post was edited on 7/9/18 at 8:11 pm
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:10 pm to LadyTigers1
how am I supposed to snort cocaine in their bathrooms?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:10 pm to LadyTigers1
The autistic parents are up in arms about this apparently.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:11 pm to LadyTigers1
I have no problem with a private company doing this.
Its dumb when a city council wastes time banning them though.
Its dumb when a city council wastes time banning them though.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:11 pm to LadyTigers1
There’s a few places while we’ve been down here in Florida that has gotten rid of them. It’s whatever honestly.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:11 pm to LadyTigers1
Ah, I don't understand. Aren't the billions of plastic bottles and cups we drink out of every day a bigger problem for the environment? Why are straws being singled out?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:14 pm to LadyTigers1
The perfect symbol for the continued Progressive Infantilization of America , a sippy cup for adults. Well done, Starbucks. Soon there will be mandatory doily- folding.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:14 pm to LadyTigers1
Yeti is about to make 50 billion on reusable stainless steel straws.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:20 pm to LadyTigers1
Can we get a Starbucks is banning plastic straws board, Admins?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:22 pm to LadyTigers1
quote:
Sorry, just wanted to see people rage about straws some more after that Seattle post
Muh plastic straaaws
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:23 pm to LadyTigers1
Straws are made of plastic and Americans use a lot of straws.. And just toss them on the ground, etc.. So I don't have a problem with this.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:24 pm to LadyTigers1
This is like banning post-its because they are a waste of paper but continuing to sell printer paper full speed. They aren’t going to ban the plastic cups that go with those straws, because the straws are clearly the larger issue.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:26 pm to LadyTigers1
I don’t go into SB anymore.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:28 pm to LadyTigers1
I hope the Baws beat their wives and kick their dogs. I haven’t read the first response, but I bet someone has posted about $8 coffee. LOL
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:28 pm to LadyTigers1
Does the coffee still come in a plastic cup?
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:36 pm to LadyTigers1
They only use the straws for the cold brews and iced drinks anyways.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 8:57 pm to LadyTigers1
Meh. Private company.
Won't have anywhere close to the environmental benefit some people expect but it's a smart move. Their core consumer base will like it and they'll spend a little less in supplies.
Won't have anywhere close to the environmental benefit some people expect but it's a smart move. Their core consumer base will like it and they'll spend a little less in supplies.
Posted on 7/9/18 at 9:04 pm to LadyTigers1
All I know is that Animal Kingdom in WDW is all paper straws and they suck. I believe WDW is going all paper straws soon.
I understand it's protecting marine wild life, but after 5-6 sips through a paper straw, it gets soggy and collapses.
I understand it's protecting marine wild life, but after 5-6 sips through a paper straw, it gets soggy and collapses.
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