From today (10th), South Korea's Starbucks has implemented the use of "paper straws" instead of ordinary plastic straws in 100 branches in Seoul and other major cities to achieve environmental protection.
At present, consumers have green and white paper straws to choose from. After the 2-month test period, Starbucks will choose the color that customers prefer, as the official straw color.
According to Korean media reports, the two color paper straws provided by Starbucks are licensed by the United States and South Korea for safe use by customers. After the test period, a color preferred by customers will be selected as the future. The color of the paper straws.
Starbucks will phase out disposable plastic straws by 2020.
In addition, South Korea's Starbucks will also remove the free plastic straws and stir bars provided in the store. Each cup of beverage is only attached with a straw; it will also introduce a wooden stir bar instead of a plastic stir bar. It is reported that the Korean coffee chain stores use about 180 million plastic straws a year.
South Korea's Starbucks is expected to push paper pipette activities to all Starbucks in China in November. Starbucks head office said that by 2020, the world's 28,000 stores will no longer use disposable plastic straws. It is expected that this will save more than 1 billion plastic straws a year, such as domestic production. A large number of enterprises produce paper pipettes, paper pipette equipment will replace the original equipment for the production of plastic straws, and there will be huge room for development in the past.
