Editing Starbucks (section)

===Reusable cups===
Starbucks has publicly committed to reducing waste by 50% by 2030.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Starbucks Greener Cup Timeline|url=https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2021/starbucks-greener-cup-timeline/|access-date=February 2, 2022|website=Starbucks Stories|language=en-us}}</ref> After successfully completing the campaign to provide the Reusable Cup in Vietnam in 2020, it held the same event in Korea in 2021. Along with a picture of throwing away a cleanly washed recycled PET bottle on [[Instagram]], a [[hashtag]] designated by Starbucks was written and uploaded, and a reusable cup was provided instead of a disposable cup.

In April 2013, Starbucks introduced reusable cups where customers would be able to bring their cup into any location and receive a small discount on their drink.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 19, 2013|title=Starbucks introduces reusable cups|url=http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/apr/19/starbucks-coffee-resuable-cups|access-date=October 1, 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> When the [[COVID-19]] pandemic first began in 2019, the company halted the use of personal cups due to concerns with the transferring of germs.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Starbucks|url=https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2021/starbucks-canada-eliminates-all-plastic-straws-and-brings-back-personal-reusable-cups/#:~:text=Starbucks%20today%20announced%20it%20will,waste%20by%2050%25%20by%202030.|access-date=October 1, 2021|website=stories.starbucks.ca}}</ref> In June 2021, the company reintroduced personal reusable cups with a contactless new method to eliminate shared touch points between customers and baristas.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Starbucks brings back personal reusable cups to Starbucks cafes in the U.S.|url=https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2021/starbucks-brings-back-personal-reusable-cups-to-starbucks-cafes-in-the-us/|date=June 8, 2021|website=Starbucks Stories|language=en-us}}</ref>

Starbucks is phasing out disposable cups in Korea entirely by 2025.<ref>{{cite news|last=Peters|first=Adele|date=April 12, 2021|title=Starbucks is starting to work toward ditching disposable coffee cups|work=[[Fast Company]]|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90623551/starbucks-is-starting-to-work-toward-ditching-disposable-coffee-cups}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=May|first=Tiffany|date=April 6, 2021|title=Starbucks will stop using disposable cups in South Korea by 2025.|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/business/starbucks-disposable-cups-south-korea.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/business/starbucks-disposable-cups-south-korea.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021|url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}}</ref>