Starbucks debuts sippy cup lids to replace straws

Starbucks has now launched sippy cup lids to replace plastic straws for its iced drinks.

In 2018, the company announced it would phase out plastic straws from more than 30,000 stores worldwide by 2020. It began rolling out the “strawless cold drink lid” in summer 2019.

Now they are available across the country.

“Recyclable, strawless lids for customers across the U.S. and Canada is another step in our journey to reduce our environmental footprint,” Michael Kobori, chief sustainability officer at Starbucks, said in a statement. “As we move closer toward our 2030 target of a 50 percent reduction in waste sent to landfills, the long-standing history of innovation within Starbucks, partnership across the industry and changing consumer behavior remain fundamental to our purpose and our prosperity as an organization.”

Responses to the lids on Twitter are varied: