Starbucks Korea said that starting on the 4th it will introduce plant-derived plastic straws at stores nationwide except Jeju Island. The paper straw policy that had been in place for the past seven years is changing.
Starbucks Korea has been preparing to expand the rollout after piloting plant-derived plastic straws at about 200 stores since the end of June.
A Starbucks Korea official said, "When we introduced the new straws in June, we used a plant-derived material based on sugarcane instead of conventional petroleum-based raw materials, which has a carbon-reduction effect."
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