Starbucks does not recycle plastic cups it claims are ‘widely recyclable’, report says (opens in new tab)

Researchers from watchdog group glued trackers to chain’s cups and found not one ended up at a recycling facilityIf you attach a GPS tracker to a “widely recyclable” plastic Starbucks cup and drop it in an in-store recycling bin, you might expect it to end up in a recycling plant, but environmental watchdog organization Beyond Plastics says that’s not the case in a new report.Starbucks announced that their plastic cups were now considered “widely recyclable” earlier this year, according to Ho...