City Experiments with Reusable Cups at Starbucks, Taco Bell and 30 Other Restaurants–with Return Bins all over town
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The aim is to furnish 30 local restaurants, from Starbucks to Taco Bell, with identical, durable, plastic drink cups diners can return.

Around 50 billion disposable drink cups are used every year in the US, but in the city of Petaluma, we will see if Americans have the discipline to reduce this footprint.

The city numbers around 60,000 people, and will participate in the Reuseable Cup Project. The aim is to furnish 30 local restaurants, from Starbucks to Taco Bell, with identical, durable, plastic drink cups, which customers and diners can use and then either leave on the table, or deposit in a network of dropoff bins around the city.

  • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
    61·
    2 months ago

    Still. I think it’s a step in the right direction. Maybe it would really incentivize people if there was a small deposit

    • bestagon@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 months ago

      Is it? It creates more plastic cups + new bins to replace, what I’d assume is, paper cups in most cases.

    • Chuymatt@beehaw.org
      2·
      2 months ago

      80/20 rule. If it is successful 80% of the time, it is actually a success. The 20 is how to hone the program, not how to point out how it will only fail.