After Starbucks will stop using disposable paper cups, it will pay a deposit to drink Starbucks cups in these places.

Coffee mogul Starbucks announced that it is expected to stop using disposable paper cups by 2025, including all Starbucks stores in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), according to Sina Finance.

Starbucks said: the purpose of suspending disposable paper cups is to reduce the amount of disposable waste shipped to landfills, and the plan aims to halve carbon emissions, water use and waste by 2030.

The program will be piloted first in the UK, France and Germany in the coming months, and then extended to 3840 stores in 43 countries in the EMEA region.

It is understood that in trials in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, customers are required to pay a small deposit to buy reusable cups.

Starbucks' reusable cups can be used for hot or cold drinks. Three choices will be available for consumers to choose from in the size category of the cup. The cup will be reused up to 30 times and will be returned after reaching the frequency of use.

In addition, Starbucks is launching a product that uses 70% less plastic than previous models and does not require protective covers, Sina Financial News reported. The move will be implemented in conjunction with existing plans, such as providing temporary ceramic cups in stores and discounts for customers who bring their own cups.

The report also mentioned that Starbucks will re-impose paper cup surcharges in the UK and Germany.

In response to the fact that Starbucks will stop using disposable paper cups, Starbucks announced two months ago that it would eliminate the use of disposable cups.

On March 6, Starbucks said it would phase out disposable cups, which was first implemented in all Starbucks stores in South Korea, which is Starbucks' fifth-largest market in the world, with more than 1500 stores. Starbucks said: this is the company's first similar move in its main market and expects to phase out disposable cups in all stores in South Korea by 2025. The decision is to reduce landfills and carbon footprint.

Starbucks said it launched a "cup cycle" program in South Korea in June, under which customers can get reusable cups by paying a "small deposit" and return the cup to contactless kiosks after use.

Subsequently, Starbucks also upgraded the environmental protection related program.

To further reduce overuse of plastic products, Starbucks has tried reusable cups at five stores in Seattle, a two-month trial called Borrow a cup, which is only tested in Seattle.

It was previously understood that the "Borrow a cup" activity requires a deposit of $1, meaning that customers have to pay a deposit of $1 before ordering drinks before taking the cup away, and after returning the cup, consumers can not only get the deposit back, but also get 10 extra reward stars.

On the hygiene of reusing cups, Starbucks said it was working with GO Box, a recycling company.

Each recycled cup will be cleaned and sterilized and sent back to the store within 48 hours for next use, in order to reduce the waste of disposable cups.

However, after the news was released, it sparked a heated debate on the Internet. Some netizens thought that Starbucks could reuse cups as a good and environmentally friendly measure, while others thought that reused cups were unhealthy and suggested bringing their own cups.

From the previous discussion on the topic of "Starbucks reuse cups" initiated by Sina Technology, 32000 people participated in the event, of which 20, 000 disagreed with Starbucks' action to reuse cups because it was unhygienic.

However, Star Dad, the world's largest coffee chain, also attaches great importance to the hygiene of cups. On March 4 last year, we also reported the incident. For fear of the spread of novel coronavirus, Starbucks announced that it would temporarily suspend the use of personal cups in its stores. This is also the first time that Starbucks has stopped consumers from bringing their own cups to stores to buy drinks since the introduction of its own cup policy in 1985.

At that time, Rossann Williams, president of COVID-19 Canada, said in an open letter that the Starbucks epidemic had brought a lot of uncertainty to people's daily life. For the sake of the health of partners and customers, the policy that consumers could bring their own reusable cups to Starbucks was cancelled, and all drinks in stores use disposable cups to make coffee. Customers will be temporarily banned from carrying their own reusable cups from March 5, 2020.

In addition, on the issue of environmental protection, Starbucks encourages people to bring their own cups.

For example, Starbucks in Taiwan encourages customers to bring their own cups. It is understood that customers can enjoy 10 yuan in environmental feedback as long as they bring containers of reusable materials to the store to buy coffee drinks. In addition, Starbucks also adheres to the concept of "low pollution, energy-saving resources, and recycling" in packaging, and tries its best to comply with the principle of reducing the number of packaging layers, while not using materials that are harmful to the environment.

To reduce the use of straws, Starbucks has also redesigned the cup lid.

On September 10 last year, Starbucks announced that it would replace straws with a direct drink cup lid, which has 9% less plastic than the previous cup lid.

At present, all Starbucks stores in mainland China have made full use of more environmentally friendly paper straws and direct drink cup caps specially developed to replace plastic straws, which can reduce the use of about 200 tons of plastic each year.

It will take time to verify whether the star father, who has been committed to the cause of environmental protection, can achieve his goal by 2025. Finally, the question comes: do we support Starbucks to repeat the cup?

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