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Yeah, they sell reusable containers (as you have found). They could go the way of the plastic bags in supermarkets and frame it as a "cup tax" like cities do.
by justinator 8y ago
Yeah, they sell reusable containers (as you have found).
They could go the way of the plastic bags in supermarkets and frame it as a "cup tax" like cities do.
Or, erm, I guess that would be the city that does that.
Boulder has the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax, but I don't think a Frappuccino is taxed, even though it's calories come from mostly sugar.
- dawnerd 8y agoThey could use paper cups or even Bioplastics, although those have some pretty negative findings in a few reports.
- justinator 8y agoThey do use paper cups in hot drinks; only cold drinks use plastic - although both use plastic tops, and cold drinks use straws. I'm sure there's some sort of coating on the paper cup. I'm not sure why cold coffee served in plastic... but it may be a flipped problem - you probably don't want to serve hot coffee in plastic, as the chemicals will leach out of the plastic itself (yum)
- DanBC 8y agoThe paper cups have plastic linings which makes them hard to recycle at most places.