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Starbucks Pledges £7 Million to Develop Compostable or Recyclable Cups
04/04/2018
An opportunity for start-ups from anywhere in the world to join a consortium with Starbucks and Closed Loop Partners with the aim of developing recyclable and compostable cup solutions.
Starbucks accounts for around 1% of the 600 billion paper and plastic coffee cups that are distributed around the world each year. The company wishes to a develop a global solution that stops plastic-lined paper cups being sent to landfill, by either giving them a second life as another cup or other recycled content.