(KRON) — You could wish to deliver your reusable Starbucks cups the following time you get espresso.
Beginning Tuesday, 12 Starbucks areas in Napa and Petaluma will put together drinks in both a private cup or a reusable “Borrow A Cup,” an organization spokesperson mentioned in an e mail. The espresso chain mentioned it’s increasing its “100% reusables mannequin” by testing this program out.
This system will likely be examined out in Petaluma and Napa from Aug. 14 till Oct. 22. Final 12 months, Starbucks introduced it plans to additional cut back single-use cups by 2025. Starbucks says it needs to chop landfill waste in half by 2030.
What for those who neglect to deliver your reusable cup?
The Starbucks barista gives you your beverage in a reusable borrowed cup for each cold and warm drinks. The corporate says when you find yourself executed with the drink, you scan and return it to a collaborating retailer’s return bin. It’s professionally washed and meant for use once more.
Starbucks posted a sneak peek of how the “Borrow A Cup” program works.
Prospects who deliver their very own private cup will obtain 10 cents off. Starbucks Rewards members will obtain 25 bonus stars.
Taking part Napa Areas
- 663 Trancas St.
- 1006 First St.
- 1200 Lincoln Ave.
- 1340 Trancas St.
- 247 Soscol Ave.
- 2007 Redwood Highway
Taking part Petaluma Areas
- 701 Sonoma Mountain Pkwy
- 205 N. McDowell
- 5306 C. Previous Redwood Freeway
- 440 East Washington St.
- 125 Petaluma Blvd.
- 3100 Lakeville Hwy
The espresso chain examined this program for 3 months in Colorado, and it was deemed “profitable.” Drive-thru clients throughout 192 Colorado areas can now have their drinks served in a private cup.
Starbucks has additionally carried out this initiative in Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Seattle the place the corporate’s headquarters is situated.
“Starbucks is shifting away from single-use plastics, championing the usage of recycled content material, and selling reusability, pushed by a broader shift in direction of a round financial system,” the corporate wrote. “The most important factor to study from these exams as we put together to deliver this mannequin to extra shops, is how you can provide clients a option to shift away from single use cups towards a reusable to-go-coffee expertise, in a approach that’s handy, straightforward, and fulfilling.”
