Starbucks will stop handing out single-use plastic straws by 2020
Starbucks, which doles out more than 1 billion straws a year, says it will phase out single-use plastic straws from its stores by 2020.
Source: www.denverpost.com
Starbucks, which doles out more than 1 billion straws a year, says it will phase out single-use plastic straws from its stores by 2020.
Source: www.denverpost.com
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