In an effort to reduce the waste of plastic straws, Starbucks has just announced their initiative to help the cause.
The company will be removing plastic straws in their stores, globally by the year of 2020. Their pledge to do this alone will reduce more than 1 billion plastic straws per year.
They'll be replacing the straws with their 'sippy cup' lids as shown in the instagram photo below.
starbucks We're removing plastic straws in our stores globally by 2020—reducing more than 1 billion plastic straws per year. ♻️Learn more on today's story♻️