Starbucks Recyclable Plastic Cups

Starbucks to develop recyclable compostable cup solution using accelerator grants to stimulate break through solutions from entrepreneurs starbucks and closed loop partners launch nextgen cup challenge to bring a fully sustainable solution for cups to market with a three year ambition.

Starbucks recyclable plastic cups.

The new flat lids contain 9 less plastic than the coffee chain s previous lid and straw combo. The current cup design for hot beverages uses 10 percent. Instead some of the cups may be. Layers of lightweight 100 recycled and recyclable paper that save the equivalent of three million sleeves per month.

We also introduced a more recyclable cup lid in 2016 which allowed the cup to be more widely accepted. Starbucks sets bold goals the company pledges that by 2015 it will serve 25 of beverages in. In 2014 we introduced the earthsleeve. After years of looking for greener alternatives to its paper cup which is lined with plastic starbucks is testing out something new.

Over the years starbucks has launched several initiatives to decrease the environmental impact of our disposable cups. Starbucks has long struggled with how to address the roughly 7 billion cups it uses every year the majority of which end up in landfills. Beyond recycling we have reduced material in our hot and cold cups saving the equivalent of 700 000 cups per month. Food and drug administration in 2006.

In 2006 starbucks developed paper cups manufactured with 10 percent post consumer recycled fiber the first cup of its kind in the food packaging industry to be approved by the u s. In 1997 we developed our recycled content cup sleeve as a way to protect customers from hot beverages and avoid the waste of double cupping in 2006 we launched the industry s first hot beverage paper cup with 10. Starbucks is rolling out recyclable strawless cups for iced drinks across the us and canada.