Coffee cups, plastic bags, meal kit packaging: ... you need to have a qualified recycling claim because it doesn't yet meet that 60% threshold. The company is supposed to say, ...

In addition to using less plastic for the cups themselves — Starbucks projects the new cups will save more than 13.5 million pounds of plastic going to landfills annually — it is “projected ...

Starbucks isn’t the only company rethinking plastic packaging. In some markets, McDonald’s has introduced McFlurry cups without plastic lids, and salad boxes and cutlery made from renewable fiber.

The new cups will use 10-20% less plastic. The coffee chain has announced multiple "green" initiatives in recent months. The new cups will use 10-20% less plastic.

In addition to using less plastic for the cups themselves — Starbucks projects the new cups will save more than 13.5 million pounds of plastic going to landfills annually — it is “projected ...