Editing Starbucks (section)

===Plastic straw ban===
On July 9, 2018, Starbucks President and CEO [[Kevin Johnson (executive)|Kevin Johnson]] announced that Starbucks will ban the single-use [[plastic straw]]s by January 1, 2020, on all cold drinks from all locations worldwide due to climate change concerns, pollution, and [[sea turtle]] endangerment as the single-use plastic straws failed to be designed for recycling when they were invented. [[Frappucino]]s will get straws made from a different material that is sustainable and environmentally friendly such as paper or compostable plastic, while other cold drinks will get straw-less lids. These new modified lids contain 9% less plastic than Starbucks' previous flat lid.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Goodwin|first=Jazmin|date=September 10, 2020|title=Starbucks will be mostly straw-free at Canadian and U.S. locations by October|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/starbucks-will-be-mostly-straw-free-at-canadian-and-u-s-locations-by-october-1.5099699|access-date=October 1, 2021|website=CTVNews|language=en}}</ref> The Starbucks locations in Europe, China, Taiwan, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, India, Canada, Hawaii, Alaska, Washington D.C., New Mexico, California, New York, Washington State, New Jersey, Oregon, Maryland, Delaware, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island already eliminated single-use plastic straws by the end of 2018.<ref>{{cite news|last=Garcia|first=Tonya|date=July 9, 2018|title=Starbucks and McDonald's plastic straw removal will go down well with millennials|work=[[MarketWatch]]|url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/starbucks-and-mcdonalds-plastic-straw-removal-will-go-down-well-with-millennials-2018-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=July 11, 2018|title=These 8 Companies Are Ditching Plastic Straws. Here's How They Are Replacing Them|work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]|url=https://fortune.com/2018/07/11/ditching-plastic-straws-replacements/}}</ref> South Korea is the first country to introduce paper straws to all stores among 78 countries in the world that Starbucks has entered.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 29, 2019|title='종이 맛' 오명 벗고 진화하는 스타벅스 종이빨대|trans-title=Starbucks paper straw evolving after 1 year of introduction,'paper taste'|url=https://www.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/201908281458751967|work=[[Hankook Ilbo]]|language=ko}}</ref>