Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Will reusable cups become as common as grocery totes?
As more shoppers bring their own shopping bags, most stores now don’t
simply give away free plastic bags. This move seems to have occurred by increasing
public awareness of the environment as well as financial incentives. Will the
same shift happen to the container of takeout drinks? Plastic cups and lids are
single-use plastics that are harmful to the environment. Paper cups and straws
are also used just once and wasted. If customers bring their own reusable cups
and bottles, no waste is produced. Now, Starbucks will encourage its customers
to bring their favorite reusable cups for takeaway drinks at its 17,800 stores
in the US and Canada. Although customers will have to bring their own cups with
them when they go out and wash them after finishing their drinks, they don’t
have to find a place to trash the paper or plastic cups. Also, they may feel
proud of their attitude toward the environment. Indeed, those who don’t bring
their shopping bags look inactive and unconscious of the environment nowadays. If
other fast-food chains follow suit, consumers will be more encouraged to bring
their own cups.
Read the article and learn about Starbucks’s new attempt to reduce
waste.
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