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, ...

Yogurt containers, plastic cups, plastic plates, and other common products don't come close to that 60% threshold, though, and "just because people have access to PET and HDPE recycling facilities ...

Starbucks cups are made out of polypropylene, or No. 5 plastic, and Landers told CBS News that these cups are designed to be recyclable and there are facilities that do this in the U.S. CBS News ...

After years of embracing plastic recycling, many environmental groups say they hope the public will finally see plastic for what they say it is — trash — and that people will ask themselves if ...

In addition, some other single-use cups are made of No. 6 plastic and cannot be recycled. DEP Director Ortiz is urging residents to use recyclable alternatives, such as cups made of No. 1 or No. 5 ...

As for Starbucks’ plastic cups, it’s unclear whether and when they will be phased out from the more than 16,000 locations in the U.S. that are still offering them.

In April 2024, the company announced new cold cups made with up to 20% less plastic. However, some states and cities have implemented stricter laws on single-use plastics, pushing Starbucks to go ...

As for Starbucks’ plastic cups, it’s unclear whether and when they will be phased out from the more than 16,000 locations in the U.S. that are still offering them.

Considering all of the 160,000 tons of plastic cups and plates produced in the U.S. in 2018 — the last year for which federal data is available — about 81% was landfilled, and 19% was burned.