On: Starbucks Bans Plastic Straws, Winds Up Using More Plastic

[daveFNbuck]

I'd imagine that version of the story would have some statistics about how much of the recyclable plastic in current lids gets recycled and what the ratios of drink order sizes are for drinks that are getting the new lids. Then it would do the math and show the actual difference we should expect to see in how much non-recycled plastic Starbucks will generate.

[tedunangst → daveFNbuck]

That would be a good article. Though I think a similar evidentiary burden exists for Starbucks in order to claim a net reduction.

[daveFNbuck → tedunangst]

Yeah, this is not a clear win or loss for Starbucks until someone does the math.