date:Dec 03, 2018
sheets into paperboard. A third company printed the Starbucks logo onto the board and turned them into new cups.
The point of this was to demonstrate to the industry at large that it's not difficult nor expensive to recycle these cups. It's no more expensive to recycle the cups than it is to recycle paper, according to Fast Company. And it makes no difference whether the cups are used or not.
One thing Starbucks hasn't figured out yet is how to ensure coffee cups get recycled in individual com