Starbucks teams up with rivals to find the perfect "green" container

For the first time, Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks, and Tim Hortons are working together to conquer the sustainable container. Unable to find the perfect coffee cup, the businesses for now are trying to improve the ones they have. Dunkin’ recently reduced the foam in its medium 14-ounce cups by more than 10 percent. || Read "A cup good to the last drop-off"

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[Jazzhands]

I want to preface my comment by stating that before I worked at Starbucks, I was a customer service rep for a trash company.
Scott Murphy (of Dunkin') is alluded to making a statement that styrofoam cups take up less space in landfills. He may be right, I've never looked up those particular stats.
What I do have knowledge of is the way landfills operate, and what trash companies do with the trash they collect.
In the MPLS area, the vast majority of trash is burned, so that less of it actually winds up in the landfills to begin with. Foam cups can't be burned because of the toxicity, so they wind up in the landfills. Most paper cups wind up burnt.
In areas that don't have the set up, or when the burner isn't able to run due to weather or other reasons, the trash does go into landfills, rather than being allowed to stockpile.
In the landfills, the two largest trash companies in the nation are now essentially mixing broken down trash with the newer trash to decrease the time it takes for the materials to break down. Paper cups break down much faster than foam cups.
In the end, paper cups are what is most likely going to be recyclable, in some form, and they do take up less space in landfills overall.
In the end, I think it's great that they are working together to solve the issue of recyclable cups. Every bit helps, but I felt that Mr. Murphy was being misleading.

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