Coffee Shops and Food Trucks Join Growing Trend to Eliminate Disposable Plastics
Coffee Shops and Food Trucks Join Growing Trend to Eliminate Disposable Plastics
The restaurant industry is turning eco-friendly with a focus on biodegradable supplies. The food truck and coffee shop industry are taking charge, with Starbucks announcing that the company will join the movement to end disposable plastics worldwide.
Starbucks, following other smaller coffee shops, will eliminate plastic straws at all of their locations worldwide by 2020.
Alternative “material straws” and strawless lids have been invented. The company’s 28,000 stores will make the switch, eliminating over one billion plastic straws from landfills annually.
The disposable plastics ban started in Seattle, where the city’s mayor banned straws and cutlery, all within the disposable plastics category, starting on July 1. New York City has also proposed its own ban on plastics by 2020 along with several other major cities, including Miami and Malibu.
The #StopSucking hashtag has been trending, with celebrities making the pledge to say “no” to plastic straws. Alaska Airlines, SeaWorld and the White Sox are also among the companies that have implemented bans on plastic straws.
Disposable plastics have come under fire in recent years after studies showed that 71% of seabirds have plastic in their stomachs. Marine creatures suffer a 50% mortality rate when they ingest plastic, and 30% of turtles have been found to have plastic in their stomachs.
Companies are choosing to use biodegradable materials to lessen their environmental impact.
Scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology have also created a material that may one day replace plastic packaging. The material is created from tree fibers and crab shells, and is compostable.
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