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Milenio Digital
Mexico / 09.07.2018 11:29:06
One of the most popular coffee shops in the world has announced plans for to completely get rid of plastic for 2020. To do this, plans to introduce a new hat for some drinks and straws made with alternative materials in its more than 28 thousand stores.
By a statement, the company said that this measure will eliminate more than billion plastic straws than a year of use of Starbucks stores .
With regard to the special lid, he said that it will be used in cold drinks of coffee, tea and espresso and is a design that is already used in stores in the United States and Canada for serve drinks such as Nitro and Cold foam .
For straws of alternative materials, Starbucks proposes to use compostable paper or plastic in addition to the edible straws that it already offers in its stores.
New lids and straws will begin to arrive in Seattle stores – the cradle of the cafeteria – and in Vancouver this fall; in 2019, they will reach European stores in France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, where they will charge 5 cents for paper cutting.
In Mexico City says the company, he pledges to no longer use plastic straws by 2020 and now it is n '# 39; is no longer delivered unless the customer requests it.
"Plastic straws found in our oceans have a devastating effect on the species, as we collaborate with Starbucks on waste reduction initiatives such as WWF's Next Gen Consortium Cup Challenge and Cascading Materials Vision. we hope others will follow in their footsteps, "said Erin Simon, director of research and sustainable development at the World Wildlife Fund of the United States.
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