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, ...

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 ...

Single-use plastic plates, cutlery and cups are among a raft of items that could be banned in England as part of a new public consultation being launched in the autumn, the British government said ...

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.

A layer of plastic on paper cups used to keep hot drinks away from skin could be leaching toxic chemicals. By Laura Baisas. Published Sep 5, 2023 2:00 PM EDT.

Starbucks says Frappuccinos and other cold drinks account for 75% of its U.S. beverage sales, meaning the plastic cups are widely used across stores.

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 ...