4 months ago, Starbucks announced they were developing a compostable cup. > Starting today, Starbucks is committing $10M in partnership with Closed Loop Partne

4 months ago, Starbucks announced they were developing a compostable cup. > Starting today, Starbucks is committing $10M in partnership with Closed Loop Partners and its Center for the Circular Economy to establish a groundbreaking consortium to launch the NextGen Cup Challenge. This is the first step in the development of a global end-to-end solution that would allow cups around the world to be diverted from landfills and composted or given a second life as another cup, napkin or even a chair – anything that can use recycled material.[0] Other Seattle coffee shops use compostable coffee cups. Microsoft[1] and UW have for over a decade. I'm not sure what further innovation is needed. Here is a wholesale distributor of compostable coffee cups and soup bowls.[2] [0] https://news.starbucks.com/news/starbucks-and-closed-loop-to-develop-recyclable-compostable-cup-solution https://news.starbucks.com/news/starbucks-and-closed-loop-to... [1] https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-switches-to-compostable-utensils-cups-in-cafeterias/ https://www.seattletimes.com/business/microsoft-switches-to-... [3] http://greenstaurant.com/pages/utensils/hotworld.html http://greenstaurant.com/pages/utensils/hotworld.html