Starbucks will stop offering plastic straws by 2020 Starbucks will eliminate plastic straws from all of its locations within two years, citing the environmental threat to oceans.

Starbucks said Monday that by 2020 it will be using straws made from biodegradable materials like paper and specially designed lids.

South Korea pushes to reduce disposable items, with Starbucks reducing plastic straws and cup use The push is part of a larger effort to limit the use of disposable items.

Starbucks' iconic white paper cups could soon be a thing of the past. The coffee chain announced it will be phasing out its single-use cups in favor of reusable mugs.

Starbucks Korea is testing out the use of paper straws at some 100 stores across Seoul, Busan and Jeju, the company said Monday. The two-month-long trial is part of the global coffeehouse chain ...

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Starbucks paper coffee cups are recyclable and are processed by recycling facilities to be made into cardboard and paperboard products.

Starbucks says that when it tested paper straws in a pilot last summer, consumers didn’t like them, and it needs to develop a better alternative. But paper straws do exist now.

Starbucks Korea is testing out the use of paper straws at some 100 stores across Seoul, Busan and Jeju, the company said Monday.