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Starbucks: Bring Your Own Cup to Reduce Single-Use Packaging

Starting today, consumers will be able to use their own clean, personal cup for a contactless pour at every visit at all stores nationwide. The reusable packaging program can be used in drive-through, the Starbucks app, and in retail locations.

Do you have favorite personal coffee cup or travel mug that you use to take your home-brewed coffee out the door in the morning? But do you often find that nice mug sitting empty on your desk or in your car’s cupholder, next to a hot cup of coffee in a single-use, paper-based foodservice packaging cup? That mug remains in your car cupholder, while the actual coffee packaging ends up in landfill. Seems like a waste, doesn’t it?

As an incentive, consumers who bring any clean, personal cup will receive a $0.10 discount on their beverage, and in the U.S., Starbucks Rewards members will receive 25 Bonus Stars (rewards points).As an incentive, consumers who bring any clean, personal cup will receive a $0.10 discount on their beverage, and in the U.S., Starbucks Rewards members will receive 25 Bonus Stars (rewards points).

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