Starbucks' Iconic Coffee Cup Has a Climate Problem as Mobile, Drive-Thru Orders Boom
Reusable cups have long been an in-store option at the coffee chain, but with three-quarters of orders now drive-thru, mobile or delivery, it’s a bigger...
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Reusable cups have long been an in-store option at the coffee chain, but with three-quarters of orders now drive-thru, mobile or delivery, it’s a bigger...
Amazon says it generated 214 million pounds of plastic waste, including items that cannot be recycled, in 2021. An advocacy group says the retail giant actually produced three times as much.
PepsiCo has set a global packaging goal for 2030 that aims to deliver up to 20% of its beverage servings through reusable models.
The shale gas boom has made virgin plastic, a waste byproduct of oil and gas production, cheap and abundant.
Advocates for plastics waste shareholder resolutions at big companies like Amazon, Phillips 66 and ExxonMobil say they may target flexible packaging and microplastics in the future.