Starbucks has just announced that they will be phasing out single-use plastic straws from all 28,000 of their stores worldwide by 2020.
The initiative has made Starbucks the largest retailer yet to join the global movement against the wasteful plastic utensils. McDonald’s, which is the world’s second largest fast food chain, made headlines back in March for implementing a paper straw pilot program in their UK stores.
Starbucks, on the other hand, is estimated to give out over 1 billion straws every year, since roughly half of their yearly sales are made from iced drinks that are…
