Your ‘widely recyclable’ Starbucks cup is still trash

Grist
By Joseph WintersMar 30, 2026, 4:45 am92 ptsTrending
Frappuccino lovers, rejoice: Your plastic to-go cups are now “widely recyclable.” That’s according to an announcement made in February by Starbucks, the waste hauler WM (formerly known as Waste Management), and three recycling groups called The Recycling Partnership, GreenBlue, and Closed Loop Partners.…

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