Editing Starbucks (section)

===Recycling===
Starbucks began using 10% [[recycled paper]] in its beverage cups in 2006—the company claimed that the initiative was the first time that recycled material had been used in a product that came into direct contact with a food or beverage.<ref name=Recycled>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/17/business/17starbucks.html | title=Starbucks Will Use Cups With 10% Recycled Paper |last=Warner | first=Melanie | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=November 17, 2004 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> [[Allen Hershkowitz]] of the [[Natural Resources Defense Council]] called the 10% content "minuscule",<ref name=Recycled/> but Starbucks received the National Recycling Coalition Recycling Works Award in 2005 for the initiative.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.greenbiz.com/article/starbucks-honored-recycled-content-cup | title=Starbucks Honored for Recycled-Content Cup | work=[[GreenBiz.com]] | date=October 13, 2005}}</ref> In a 2008 media article, Starbucks's vice president of corporate social responsibility acknowledged that the company continued to struggle with environmental responsibility, as none of its cups were recyclable and stores did not have recycling bins. At the time that the article was published, Starbucks gave customers who brought in their own reusable cup a 10-cent discount, in addition to using corrugated cup sleeves made from 85% post-consumer recycled fiber, which is 34% less paper than the original. During the same period, Starbucks entered into a partnership with Conservation International—pledging US$7.5 million over three years—to help protect the natural environment of coffee-growing communities in Mexico and Indonesia.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/starbucks-struggles-with-reducing-environmental-impacts/ | title=Starbucks struggles with reducing environmental impacts | last=Allison | first=Melissa | work=[[The Seattle Times]] | date=May 14, 2008}}</ref>