If you walk into a Starbucks in Napa, California, this week, you won’t get your coffee in a paper cup. The store is one of twelve in Napa and the nearby city of Petaluma to begin testing a new ...

Food waste is as much of an issue as the containers it comes in, with your daily to-go Starbucks being just one example. The United States generates roughly 97 billion pounds of plastic waste a year, ...

Starting in August, in Petaluma, California, Starbucks is leading a city-wide collaborative project to make reusable cups the default option for to-go drinks.. Photo: Courtesy Starbucks Starbucks is ...

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Next month, more than 30 chain restaurants and locally owned coffee shops and ...