Comments on: Starbucks Holds Summit on Recyclability of Cups

By: Graham

Graham — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:18:03 +0000

I worked at Starbucks all through college, and they devote a great deal of energy to letting the world know that they recycle and they are green, but the truth is none of the stores I worked at in Texas recycled a single thing. In fact, our manager requested that we get a recycling can next to our trash can and got pricing from a local vendor. It was going to cost practically nothing and corporate shot it down anyway. I guess they just prefer everything go to the landfill.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:08:00 +0000

I love user-end responsibility. Props to starbucks. Fortunately new pmarkets and packagin companies are making the recyclability of these items more wide-spread. Starbucks could recycle all their plastics and their cups. Poly-coated white paper cups are becoming more recyclable as are their plastic #1/#5 cups- once again the problem being markets for recycling such materials. Our program is hoping to expand to take poly-coated cups and any poly-coated white fiber products at the curbside as well as similar to-go plastic cups,lids and straws.

By: Cheryl Anderson

Cheryl Anderson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:07:52 +0000

It is cool Starbucks is using paper for their cups. I wish their were ways to recycle plastic cups… It there is, I don’t know… I do repurpose…Starbucks cups, and other cups are good during gardening season for planting starts for the season. I just love recycling and want to share……:) Thank you for this site!

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:01:37 +0000

Yet another reason why Starbucks will continue to be my coffee-chain of choice.

You see that, Dunkin Donuts? Lose the styrofoam already! Or, does America run on plastic, too?