Starbucks promotes recycling to customers but many plastic cups end up in the trash
Many consumers trust that when they toss a plastic cup into a recycling bin at a restaurant or coffee shop, it will be recycled. However, an investigation uncovered that this isn't always true. CBS News New York's Alecia Reid reports.
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Is your recycled Starbucks cup ending up where you expected? A CBS News investigation says that it probably isn't.
Some of the biggest sellers of coffee in the UK, including Costa and Starbucks, say they have started recycling coffee cups, but that's only if customers dispose of their takeaway cups in store.
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