The Seattle-based coffee company announced this week that about 580 of its stores had begun replacing its cold drinks cups — ...

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Club Cool at EPCOT has switched from branded paper cups to clear plastic cups for their Flavors Around the World taste-testing experience. The current Club Cool location next to Creations Shop ...

A three-month effort in 2024 served to-go beverages at 30 restaurants in returnable plastic cups in order to gauge public ...

Select Starbucks locations in 14 states have stopped using plastic cold drink cups, switching to compostable fiber-based alternatives. The change is due to local regulations and Starbucks’ ...

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and to change in-store recycling bin labels to make it clear that only cans or plastic bottles — which are recycled at much higher rates than polypropylene cups — are accepted. Ramsden said ...

Starbucks is shaking things up with a new approach to its cold drink cups. Instead of the usual clear plastic, many locations are now serving iced drinks in cold compostable cups—a big step ...

Customers in cities with compostable cups will see an opaque, fiber-based design instead of the usual clear plastic. Starbucks is also piloting reusable cup programs and other waste-reduction ...

The coffee chain has swapped their transparent single-use plastic to-go cups for these opaque white ... Others noted that the lack of a clear cup will stop people from ordering “TikTok drinks ...

Starbucks confirmed to Country Living that the change to new cups is happening, but only in select locations. A spokesperson for the company said, "Select U.S. company-operated Starbucks stores are ...