FILE - Empty Starbucks plastic cups are left behind on a table, a sight that may soon become less common as some locations transition to compostable alternatives.

As for Starbucks’ plastic cups, it’s unclear whether and when they will be phased out from the more than 16,000 locations in the U.S. that are still offering them.

According to Dell, Starbucks’ move away from plastic cups is a “crack in the wall” of the campaign to promote polypropylene recycling — particularly from The Recycling Partnership, an ...

As for Starbucks’ plastic cups, it’s unclear whether and when they will be phased out from the more than 16,000 locations in the U.S. that are still offering them.

Reporters placed plastic cold drink cups, embedded with trackers, into 57 labeled recycling bins at Starbucks locations across the country to see where the cups went. Only 36 provided reliable data.

Select Starbucks locations in 14 states have stopped using plastic cold drink cups, switching to compostable fiber-based alternatives. The change is due to local regulations and Starbucks ...

As for Starbucks’ plastic cups, it’s unclear whether and when they will be phased out from the more than 16,000 locations in the U.S. that are still offering them.