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@Starbucks @McDonalds @KFC Time to act: phase out PE-lined cups. Reuse first, repulpable by default—PFAS-free aqueous/mineral liners; add compostable (e.g., PHA) only where infrastructure exists. Publish mill-acceptance letters + repulping tests. #Repulpable #Reuse
Starbucks is rolling out a next-gen hot cup across Europe: a mineral-based barrier with a fiber lid, replacing the traditional PE-lined cup + plastic lid. The company says the cup is home-compostable and widely recyclable, now live in 10 countries and expanding in 2026. This…
🚫♻️ Shanghai’s Plastic Ban Tears Off Starbucks’ Green Mask Starting September 1, 2025, Shanghai will ban non-recyclable, non-compostable single-use tableware. Starbucks has 7,596 stores in China, using hundreds of millions of hot paper cups annually — over 90% still PE…
♻️ The “Green” Reality of Starbucks Top 10 countries by store count: 1️⃣ USA: 16,941 2️⃣ China: 7,596 3️⃣ South Korea: 1,980 4️⃣ Japan: 1,809 5️⃣ Canada: 1,483 6️⃣ UK: 1,354 7️⃣ Mexico: 821 8️⃣ Turkey: 718 9️⃣ Philippines: 509 🔟 Thailand: 484 Serves ~6 billion single-use cups/year (hot…
♻️ Is Starbucks moving fast enough on sustainability? In 2025, Starbucks will serve an estimated 2.06 billion hot paper cups globally (mid-case) — and over 97% still use non-recyclable PE lining. •USA: 632M cups (100% PE) •China: 454M cups (100% PE) •Germany & France: only…
Policy flip in the U.S.: President Trump signed an executive order restoring federal use of plastic straws, saying paper straws “don’t work.” Takeaway for brands: policy can swing—prioritize reuse and mill-recyclable cup systems (waterborne/PHA) to de-risk. Source:…
EU’s new Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation is now in force. From Aug 12, 2026, PFAS will be banned in food-contact packaging (threshold-based). For cups, the default shifts to PFAS-free, mill-recyclable waterborne barriers/PHA. Source: reuters.com/world/europe/e… #PFAS #PPWR…
China is taking a hard line on single-use plastic pollution in food service. From Sept 1, Shanghai will tighten legal enforcement on single-use plastics: PE-lined paper cups, which are hard to recycle, face phase-out pressure; PLA-coated cups—limited by insufficient local…
Why Are U.S. Green Materials Companies Going Bankrupt? Danimer, once a global PHA leader, has fallen. Here’s why. 1.Too much capital, too little revenue. Valued over $2B post-SPAC, Danimer burned through cash without scalable demand. By 2025, it filed for Chapter 11.…
🇺🇸 Will the U.S. Lose Its Edge in the Global Climate Order? In July 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered a historic opinion: States are legally obligated to take meaningful action against climate change. While “advisory” in form, the ruling draws a legal red…
BREAKING: The UN’s top court has declared that governments must act on climate change—or face legal consequences. On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a landmark advisory opinion establishing, for the first time, that failure to take adequate climate…
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