25 million old Starbucks cups are new once again

25 million old Starbucks cups are new once again25 million old Starbucks cups are new once againThink about this with your morning joe Starbucks has recently made a statement by recycling their own coffee cups back into their own coffee cups.Confused?Earlier this year, Starbucks sent 25 million old cups to a recycling mill in Wisconsin. The mill recycled those cups, which were old stock cups that would have been otherwise destined for a landfill, into new Starbucks cups, ready to use once again.A solution is needed to tossing 6 billion cups a yearThe act of recycling their own cups allowed Starbucks to make clear that its possible to recycle poly-coated paperboard,which is the kind of paper their cups are made of, in a cost-effective manner. Starbucks cups are lined in a thin coating of plastic to prevent leakage, however, the material isnt widely accepted for recycling due to the process of removing the plastic lining.Not every city is set up to accept such cups for recycling a di fficulty for Starbucks, which wants a national approach to accepting its cups. By getting more recyclers to work with them, Starbucks could begin to eliminate the staggering6 billion cupssent to a landfill each year. The coffee chain has been criticized as a Cup Monster by environmental groups.Currently, a Starbucks coffee cup contains 10% recycled paper the company wants to double that by 2022.