At the shareholder meeting, starbucks announced that it is testing new compostable cups in five cities, including New York, San Francisco, Seattle, vancouver and London, and that by 2020, starbucks will replace cup LIDS with recyclable strawless LIDS in all of its stores in the United States and Canada.
Existing paper cups will be lined with plastic molds to prevent leakage of the liquid.But most recycling plants do not accept waterproof paper cups - plastic film can easily jam machines, and separating the plastic film from the paper cup costs too much to process.
The difference between starbucks' new paper cups and existing ones lies in the inner layer, which is a biodegradable film developed by a Thai company, which not only ensures that the liquid does not leak, but also enables the new cups to be recycled in commercial composting facilities.
As for the "no straw lid", starbucks last summer proposed a way to phase out plastic straws.According to starbucks, the lid will contain 9 percent less plastic than the older version.
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