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Starbucks Bets London Airport Can Crack the Reusable Cup Code
The coffee chain will use Gatwick Airport to study consumer cup behavior.
Reusable Cups at Starbucks in Gatwick’s South Terminal.
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Starbucks Corp. this month will begin a first-of-its kind trial of reusable cups at London’s Gatwick airport.
People drink a lot of coffee at airports. Gatwick says it already recycles a majority of the 7 million disposable coffee cups that travelers use each year. The airport wants to improve on that, and reusable cups potentially have a lower carbon footprint than paper cups.