Starbucks customers across hundreds of locations in the United States started their weeks off with a surprise: Their beloved Frappuccinos and iced espresso drinks served in paper cups, not plastic.

Other ways to avoid plastic: Along with the move toward compostable paper cups, Starbucks ... the company set last year to make all of its packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2030.

Paper pulp from recycled cups has shorter ... then we would put it in the stores," says Kyle Walker, a packaging engineer on Starbucks' research and development team. Not as easy as it might ...

Paper pulp from recycled cups has shorter ... then we would put it in the stores," says Kyle Walker, a packaging engineer on Starbucks' research and development team. Eventually, the endpoint ...

Paper pulp from recycled cups has shorter ... then we would put it in the stores,” says Kyle Walker, a packaging engineer on Starbucks’ research and development team. That’s because no ...