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>Cups for cold drinks still entirely made of plastic >Bans a straw Bravo, SBUX
by JTbane 8y ago
>Cups for cold drinks still entirely made of plastic
>Bans a straw
Bravo, SBUX
- ethagnawl 8y agoThe cups/lids are recyclable and the straws weren't/aren't.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoBut if they actually cared they do something like use a cornstarch cup and make sure they're composted. Or they would guarantee to recycle all their own plastics left in their bins.
- SamReidHughes 8y agoI certainly don't recycle them at home. The recycling bin at any Starbucks gets dumped straight into the trash.
- pwagland 8y agoDo you have a reference for that claim? Starbucks seem to claim that this is true for some stores[1], however that same document also implies that some stores _do_ recycle. [1] https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/environment/recycling https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/environment/recycli...
- SamReidHughes 8y agoA Starbucks employee who takes the trash out, who I was jokingly asking if she was going to dump the recycling in the recycling bin. Since people throw just as much trash in there, obviously not.
- ethagnawl 8y ago> I certainly don't recycle them at home. Well, that isn't Starbucks' fault. If the cups _were_ made of bioplastic (or similar), I don't think your "approach" would be any better than it is. As far as I understand it, bioplastics need to be exposed to light/air in order to decompose. If they're sealed in a landfill, there's no benefit to be had -- until the landfill is breached.
- SamReidHughes 8y agoThere's nothing wrong with an inert substance in a landfill.
- ethagnawl 8y agoFuture generations will probably disagree with that statement.
- SamReidHughes 8y agoUm, no, they'll be quite happy that the garbage has been centralized in one place.