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A three-month national investigation by Beyond Plastics found that not a single tracked Starbucks cold-beverage cup ended up at a recycling facility — even when the cups were placed in clearly marked recycling bins inside Starbucks stores. As detailed in the new report, titled “Tracking Starbucks’ Deceptive Recyclability Claims,” the findings directly contradict Starbucks’ recent public claims that its single-use polypropylene (No. 5 plastic) cold cups are “widely recyclable.”

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[-] Butterbee@beehaw.org 14 points 4 days ago

Addresses the choir "Plastic recycling was always a scam created by the petroleum industry to shift the blame for their damage to the environment onto the public."

Widely recyclable and widely recycled are ALMOST the same, but there's a tiny little bit detail about both that makes them... not the same.

You're just mad that we use your fellows to make these plastic cups, Mr. "not" a velociraptor.

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