The Latte Levy Is Coming Because You Can’t Recycle A Starbucks Paper Cup
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So that Starbucks paper cup in your hand? Yeah, you can’t recycle that.
While the paper on the cup itself is made from recyclable materials, the inside of the cup is lined with polyethylene plastic. Since that thin layer of polyethylene plastic gums up the works at the recycling plant, those paper cups are sorted out and eventually end up in a landfill.
