Nonprofit Tracking Study Finds Starbucks’ Plastic Cups Rarely Reach Recycling Facilities
A Vermont-based environmental group found that none of 36 polypropylene single-use cups it placed in Starbucks recycling bins were tracked to an operational recycling facility. The majority were located in landfills, incinerators, or on routes to those destinations, while Starbucks contests the study's methods and points to local recycling infrastr…