Starbucks Will Ditch Plastic Straws By 2020 To Reduce Ocean Waste | TIME

Starbucks, citing the environment threat to oceans, will ban plastic straws from all of its stores globally in less than two years.

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Starbucks Will Ditch Plastic Straws By 2020 To Reduce Ocean Waste | TIME

[resolutesupport]

Soo.. they’re banning straws and replacing them with a strawless lid, thats composed of more plastic than the straws were??

[randaljbatty]

Open question: How does so much plastic end up in our oceans? If most of our waste is dumped in a landfill, why are the oceans so polluted?

[Garapetsa]

They should go back to glass. Hire dishwasher

[mojosodope]

This makes me want to buy as many plastic straws I can get my hands on. Then I’m going straight to the ocean and dumping them all in.

[rickkrockstar]

And next, Starbucks puts themselves out of business because coffee is no longer environmentally friendly.🤔

[glahut]

Friends don't let friends drink Starbucks. ....America runs on DUNKIN

[WuFluChan]

maybe they should find somewhere else to dump their trash beside the ocean instead of ditching straws

[tarvinlit]

Will Starbucks be around in 2020, straws or no-straws?

[Robert-yfkn]

I will just bring my own plastic straw to Starbucks.

[Imanilove]

How do i drink a frappe without a straw

[mojosodope]

The “strawless lids” have more plastic than the straws lol. What happens when I throw my paper cup in the ocean? Gonna go paperless? How bout customers can only use their hands to fill with coffee. Drink outta your palms.