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Starbucks is Ditching the Plastic Straw

The company says new recyclable lids will replace single use plastic straws by 2020

Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks announced on July 9 it will phase out plastic straws from its worldwide stores by 2020, a decision Starbucks says will eliminate over 1 billion single-use straws per year. Starbucks said the replacement is a recyclable lid designed by Emily Alexander, an engineer in Global Research and Development at the coffee […]

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