New year, new label: PP cup recyclability status changes

Starbucks hits major milestone

Starbucks' cold to-go cups can now be recycled across more than 60 precent of U.S. households, the coffee chain has announced

New year, new label: PP cup recyclability status changes

The new How2Recycle labels are expected to roll out on PP cups this year. Years of collaboration between Starbucks, WM and other partners resulted in meeting the 60% recycling access threshold, said GreenBlue.

PP cups now ‘widely recyclable’ with increased acceptance

Over the past four months, a collective effort from several industry stakeholders has helped add access to curbside recycling services to more than 2 million new households, and contributed to the upgraded status for polypropylene cold-drink cups as “widely recyclable.” Companies and organizations across the value chain partnered to achieve the upgraded status with How2Recycle, helping consumer access to recycling collection increase by more tha…