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US group says Starbucks plastic cups marked recyclable end up in trash

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By Waylon Cunningham May 20 (Reuters) – Starbucks’ plastic single-use cups it often serves in U.S. cafes are not as recyclable as the company claims, an environmental nonprofit group said on Wednesday. Vermont-based Beyond Plastics attached location trackers to ​36 single-use polypropylene cups earlier this year and placed them in recycling ‌bins inside Starbucks’ cafes across the country. None of the cups were tracked to a recycling facility, t…

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WTVB broke the news on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
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