REPORT: Starbucks Cups Destroy Forests
July 7, 2016
Starbucks will serve 4+ billion disposable paper cups this year —8,000 cups a minute.
That’s four times the weight of the Brooklyn Bridge.
In 2008 Starbucks promised that by 2015 it would use only 100% recycled and recyclable cups, and serve 25% of its drinks in reusable mugs. But, today, forests around the world are still destroyed to make Starbucks cups.