Starbucks is teaming up with McDonald's to save 6 billion cups a year from the trash

Reuters Starbucks and McDonald's are on a mission to reduce the amount of disposable cups that are trashed instead of recycled. Although coffee cups seem entirely made from paper, they have a thin layer of plastic — it helps keep the drink from leaking, but it makes the cup difficult to recycle. Starbucks alonesays it contributes 1%of all 600 billion disposable cups produced and sold globally per year. The companies have partneredto build a paper cup with a plant-based biodegradable liner that...