We’re committed to reducing waste. Globally, Starbucks is targeting to cut the footprint of our carbon, water and waste sent to landfills in half by 2030. It’s all part of our aspiration to give back more than we take from the planet.&nbsp;April is earth month, but our commitment to reducing environmental impact is year round. We're innovating, testing and learning from our store partners (employees) to find the most effective ways to become resource positive for the future

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Here’s what we’re doing to reach our goals, and what you can do, too.&nbsp;

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Starbucks Rewards Exclusive Offer: Reduce your impact, earn stars

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On Earth Day, April 22, when you bring your own clean, reusable cup into the café, we’ll treat you to 25 Stars and take 10¢ off your drink! Valid at participating stores on in-store beverage purchases only. *

Bring in a clean personal cup to a café and receive 10¢ off at participating stores&nbsp;

Only take what you need, such as straws, utensils, napkins, stoppers and to-go bags&nbsp;

Reduce waste, gift with purpose. Consider an eGift card when treating friends and family

Try one of our delicious plant-based beverages or customize your favourite drink with a nondairy option

HERE ARE A FEW WAYS WE'RE WORKING TO REDUCE WASTE

Reducing single-use plastic waste&nbsp; We are committed to shifting away from single-use packaging and reducing waste in our stores to support our global aspiration of a resource-positive future. We <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en-ca/stories/2021/starbucks-canada-eliminates-all-plastic-straws-and-brings-back-personal-reusable-cups/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">eliminated all plastic straws</a> in our stores and are introducing compostable, marine-biodegradable birch wood cutlery this year. Together, this helps save over 80 million&nbsp; plastic straws, forks, knives, and spoons annually from landfill in Canada.&nbsp;

Testing ways to cut back on single-use cup waste&nbsp; We’re rolling out <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2022/starbucks-affirms-commitment-to-a-planet-positive-future-through-innovation-and-learnings-from-store-partners/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">tests globally</a> to encourage customers to bring their own reusable cup or borrow a Starbucks-provided reusable, returnable cup when dining in or taking their beverage to go. Coming in 2023, customers will be able to bring their own reusable cup for mobile orders and in the drive-thru, too.&nbsp;

Helping our planet and our communities&nbsp; 100% of our Canadian company-operated stores have access to <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en-ca/stories/2021/starbucks-national-foodshare-expansion/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Starbucks FoodShare</a>, a program that sustainably prevents food available for donation from ending up in waste streams, and instead distributes it to people facing food insecurity in communities across the country.&nbsp;

 Since 2019, the FoodShare program has resulted in: &nbsp;

Additionally, for over 25 years, customers have taken advantage of Grounds for Your Garden at their local Starbucks. Grounds for your Gardens is available across Canada at participating company-operated stores where customers can pick up a free bag of used coffee grounds to enrich their gardens and compost, helping Starbucks divert waste from landfill.&nbsp;

Innovating in our stores&nbsp; Our store partners (employees) are key to achieving our planet-positive goals, and we want them to have the tools they need to be successful. The Starbucks Partner Waste and Recycling App provides everything stores need to know about recycling and composting in their local area. Developed by partners as part of the <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2019/a-more-sustainable-company-one-reality-tv-style-competition-at-a-time/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Greener Stores Innovation Challenge</a>, the app helps partners navigate complex and unique store recycling guidelines and puts everything partners need to know to reduce waste and recycle in one place.&nbsp;

Building for a better future&nbsp; Designed to accelerate the transformation of retail towards lower-impact stores that achieve reductions in carbon emissions, water usage and landfill waste, we’re building new stores and retrofitting existing ones to meet our goal of 10,000 <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en-ca/stories/2021/starbucks-greener-stores-accelerate-global-movement-towards-a-more-sustainable-future/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Greener Stores</a> around the world by 2025. With performance-based standards that incorporate design and extend throughout the life of a store, Starbucks Greener Stores in North America have reduced energy consumption by 30% compared with the company’s prior store designs. That equals the electricity use of more than 30,000 homes per year. Additionally, state-of-the-art technologies treat and conserve water, reducing annual water use by more than 30%, saving more than 1.3 billion gallons of water annually&nbsp;

Meanwhile, Starbucks has sourced 100% renewable energy for its more than 9,000 U.S., Canada and EMEA company-operated stores since 2015.&nbsp;

Learn more about our planet-positive goals&nbsp;

Find out more about <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en-ca/stories/2020/kevin-johnson-letter-sustainability/">our commitment</a> to cut the footprint of our carbon, water and waste sent to landfills in half by 2030, and learn how we’re supporting our communities through thoughtful partnerships and environmental stewardship. &nbsp;

Together, we can build a better future for the planet.

*Valid at participating stores on in-store beverage purchases only. Not valid for beverages served in "For here" mugs/glassware. Valid at participating stores on in-store beverage purchases only. Not valid for beverages served in "For here" mugs/glassware.

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To comply with City of Vancouver by-law requirements&nbsp;to reduce single-use waste, Starbucks will begin&nbsp;collecting&nbsp;a&nbsp;$0.25&nbsp;fee&nbsp;for single use cups on January 1&nbsp;&nbsp;

Starbucks&nbsp;will&nbsp;use the fees&nbsp;to support various sustainability initiatives, and&nbsp;give a portion of the proceeds to&nbsp;local not-for-profit,&nbsp;Return-It, as voted by Starbucks partners&nbsp;

Starbucks&nbsp;Canada&nbsp;is proud to join Return-It in the&nbsp;relaunch of its<a href="https://www.return-it.ca/blog/coffeecups/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> expanded cup recycling pilot</a>&nbsp;in the City of Vancouver this spring&nbsp;as the company looks to ensure a sustainable future for all&nbsp;and&nbsp;explore scalable options to reduce single-use cup waste.&nbsp;

 Originally launched in February 2020, this pilot program is British Columbia’s first initiative to recycle cups in commercial/public buildings and public spaces.&nbsp; The pilot intends to address the over 1.6 million coffee cups disposed of in the City of Vancouver annually at industrial,&nbsp;commercial,&nbsp;and institutional (IC&amp;I) locations and public spaces.&nbsp;&nbsp;While paused&nbsp;shortly after its launch due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this recycling pilot supports the City of Vancouver’s new single-use bylaw that came into effect on Jan. 1, 2022.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“We know we can achieve more in partnership with others, which is why we are excited to support the Return-It Cup Recycling&nbsp;pilot program – a program our partners (employees) in Vancouver voted to support,” said&nbsp;Ross Anderson, Head of Social Impact, Public Policy and Sustainability, Starbucks Canada. “We endorse the City of Vancouver’s goal to reduce single-use waste, and we will be using the proceeds from the single-use cups fees to support various sustainability initiatives at Starbucks that are important to our customers and partners (employees), including this pilot that can further help our industry find a&nbsp;recycling solution for disposable cups.” &nbsp;

“We are&nbsp;excited&nbsp;to be relaunching&nbsp;this much needed&nbsp;pilot this spring and have Starbucks join&nbsp;us in&nbsp;helping to&nbsp;identify a solution to reduce waste,”&nbsp;said Allen Langdon, President &amp; CEO of Return-It.&nbsp;“This pilot is a first step to making a quantifiable difference&nbsp;for recycled cups&nbsp;over the long term with the benefit of establishing a scalable template that can be rolled out in other jurisdictions – ultimately protecting our natural&nbsp;environment&nbsp;and&nbsp;keeping&nbsp;single-use cups out of landfills.”&nbsp;

While coffee and other plastic cups are collected and recycled through the province’s residential recycling program,&nbsp;more than half of hot and cold cups that are disposed of as garbage in Vancouver come from street locations, public spaces, and public and commercial buildings. Starbucks has long recognized this gap and has&nbsp;been&nbsp;committed to helping fund in-store recycling in every Starbucks store where this is&nbsp;possible,&nbsp;especially to recycle our own single use cups in regions where local recycling facilities do not have the capabilities.&nbsp;

Joining this pilot with Return-It is another way Starbucks is looking to&nbsp;reduce waste&nbsp;by 50% by 2030 globally, while supporting the company’s aspiration of a&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/starbucks-solidifies-pathway-to-a-planet-positive-future/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">resource-positive future</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;As part of its sustainability commitment, the company is focusing on ways to better manage its waste, both in Starbucks stores and in the&nbsp;communities&nbsp;it serves by ensuring more reuse and recycling. &nbsp;Efforts to reduce waste is not new to Starbucks and the company continues to explore scalable options here in Canada, including:&nbsp;

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Starbucks will use the fees to support various sustainability initiatives, and give a portion of the proceeds to local not-for-profit, Return-It, as voted by Starbucks partners 

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Starbucks Canada Joins Return-It Cup Recycling Pilot Program in Vancouver

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On Sept. 29 when customers bring a clean, reusable cup into the café at participating stores, they will get a free hot Pike Place® Roast brewed coffee.

This year marks Starbucks 50th anniversary, and to celebrate and recognize 50 grateful years bringing communities together over coffee Starbucks is inviting customers to bring in a clean, empty, reusable cup (up to 20 fl. oz.) into participating café locations in Canada on September 29 and get a free cup of Pike Place® Roast brewed coffee*.

Named after the location of the original store in Seattle’s Pike Place Market that opened in 1971, Pike Place Roast is Starbucks signature medium roast&nbsp;coffee served in stores everyday around the world. <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2008/the-proof-is-in-the-cup-starbucks-launches-historic-new-pike-place-roast/">Pike Place Roast was introduced in 2008</a>&nbsp;and was&nbsp;created using input from nearly 1,000 customers who spent almost 1,500 hours providing feedback on what’s important to them in a cup of coffee. Starbucks master blenders and roasters then artfully created the coffee. The result is a smooth, well-rounded blend of Latin American coffees with subtly rich flavors of chocolate and toasted nuts. Today, Pike Place Roast represents Starbucks decades of coffee roasting experience, knowledge and passion.&nbsp;&nbsp;

To find a Starbucks café near you visit <a href="https://www.starbucks.ca/store-locator">Starbucks.ca/store-locator</a> for local hours and store information. Limit one free coffee per customer.

Starbucks work goes far beyond making a great cup of coffee

Starbucks has a bold aspiration to be a <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/kevin-johnson-letter-sustainability/">resource positive</a> company, to take less and give more to the planet in every aspect of its business – including coffee. In March, Starbucks announced coffee specific environmental goals to achieve carbon neutral green coffee and conserve water usage in green coffee processing by 50% by 2030.

Starbucks purchases coffee from more than 400,000 farmers in 30 countries around the world and is committed to a sustainable future of coffee for all. The company believes it has a responsibility to care for the entire supply chain and the many people who make coffee possible, from seed to cup, farmer to customer.

Starbucks is <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/this-earth-day-meet-some-of-the-people-working-to-make-coffee-sustainable/">committed to sourcing coffee responsibly</a>, for the betterment of people and&nbsp;planet, while also working to help empower farmers, improve their&nbsp;livelihoods,&nbsp;and&nbsp;positively impact their communities so we can ensure coffee continues to flow for another 50 years. From the introduction of <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2020/cafe-practices-starbucks-approach-to-ethically-sourcing-coffee/">C.A.F.E. Practices</a> in 2004, to our research and development at <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2018/five-things-to-know-about-starbucks-coffee-farm-hacienda-alsacia/">Hacienda Alsacia</a> and open-source agronomy philosophy – we continue to grow and expand our efforts to best support farmers while also caring for the planet.

Explore the journey that your Starbucks roasted coffee has taken and learn more about the people and the places that made it possible with <a href="https://traceability.starbucks.com/#/">Starbucks Traceability</a>. For more information about Starbucks 50th anniversary visit <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/">stories.starbucks.ca</a>

Canada NATIONAL COFFEE DAY OFFER DETAILS

*The offer is available in cafes only (not in the drive-thru or ordered ahead in the Starbucks app), limit one per customer, up to 20 fl oz., no refills or modifiers. Available on iced or hot brewed coffee only; not valid on cold brew or Nitro. One coffee per customer, up to 20 fl. oz. At participating locations. Supplies are limited. For safety reasons, we can only accept clean and empty reusable cups.

On Sept. 29 when customers bring a clean, reusable cup into the café at participating stores, they will get a free hot Pike Place® Roast brewed coffee.

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Greener Stores&nbsp;allow&nbsp;Starbucks test solutions for scale to help the company realize its Planet Positive&nbsp;goals&nbsp;to reduce&nbsp;carbon&nbsp;emissions, water&nbsp;usage, and&nbsp;landfill&nbsp;waste&nbsp;by 50%.&nbsp;

The company will&nbsp;open its first Greener Store outside North America in Shanghai, China&nbsp;with a focus on circularity.&nbsp;

Over the next year, Starbucks to continue the international expansion of this program with Greener Stores opening in&nbsp;Japan, the UK and Chile.&nbsp;

As&nbsp;Starbucks&nbsp;celebrates&nbsp;its&nbsp;50th&nbsp;Anniversary,&nbsp;the company is expanding its open-source&nbsp;Greener Store Framework&nbsp;to&nbsp;help&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;its&nbsp;environmental impact&nbsp;and&nbsp;leverage its&nbsp;scale for good to accelerate the global movement towards a more sustainable future.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Announced in 2018, the&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-announces-global-greener-stores-commitment/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Greener Store Framework</a>, co-developed with World Wildlife Fund (WWF),&nbsp;is&nbsp;designed to accelerate the transformation of retail towards lower-impact stores that achieve reductions in carbon&nbsp;emissions, water&nbsp;usage&nbsp;and&nbsp;landfill&nbsp;waste. Starbucks has&nbsp;more than 2,300 Greener Stores in the U.S. and&nbsp;Canada and&nbsp;will begin&nbsp;using the framework&nbsp;outside of North America&nbsp;to achieve its goal of building&nbsp;and retrofitting&nbsp;10,000 Greener Stores globally by 2025.&nbsp;

“Our work to become planet positive begins with coffee at origin, and carries through to our stores, right to our customers’&nbsp;hands,” said Michael Kobori, Starbucks chief sustainability officer. “I’m proud to say that our partners’&nbsp;energy and&nbsp;passion for sustainability&nbsp;pushes us every day&nbsp;and is the reason why we’ve seen great adoption of our Greener Store standards.”&nbsp;

Building for the Future&nbsp;&nbsp;

With performance-based standards that incorporate design and extend throughout the life of a store, Starbucks Greener Stores&nbsp;in North America&nbsp;have reduced energy consumption by 30% compared&nbsp;with&nbsp;the company’s&nbsp;prior store designs. That equals the electricity use of more than 30,000 homes per year. Additionally, state-of-the-art technologies treat and conserve water, reducing annual water use by more than 30%, saving more than 1.3 billion gallons of water annually.&nbsp;Meanwhile,&nbsp;90%&nbsp;of company operated&nbsp;stores&nbsp;have&nbsp;adopted&nbsp;waste diversion and circular practices, including recycling, composting,&nbsp;Grounds for&nbsp;Your&nbsp;Garden, and&nbsp;Starbucks&nbsp;FoodShare. &nbsp;&nbsp;

“We’ve proven designing and building greener&nbsp;stores is not only responsible, but also good for business,” said Andy Adams, Starbucks senior vice president, Store Development. “In 2018,&nbsp;we&nbsp;created a new benchmark in retail that&nbsp;goes beyond&nbsp;construction and design&nbsp;to&nbsp;address long-term, eco-conscious operations. Today,&nbsp;we expand&nbsp;the Greener Stores&nbsp;benchmark globally&nbsp;to accelerate our progress toward our Planet Positive goals.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

Now, Starbucks is opening its&nbsp;first Greener Store outside of North America in Shanghai, China&nbsp;with a focus on circularity. The&nbsp;Shanghai Greener Store&nbsp;has been designed and built to reduce waste, repurpose goods and serve as a platform for future innovation.&nbsp;

Starbucks will open&nbsp;two&nbsp;additional experiential Greener Stores, like in Shanghai,&nbsp;designed to immerse customers in Starbucks Planet Positive commitments&nbsp;-- the next is planned for&nbsp;Southern California and&nbsp;Starbucks hometown in Seattle, Wash.&nbsp;

Looking to the future, Starbucks&nbsp;will&nbsp;extend&nbsp;its&nbsp;commitment beyond company operated&nbsp;stores to&nbsp;licensees,&nbsp;joint venture partners&nbsp;and&nbsp;licensees&nbsp;to&nbsp;innovate and expand sustainability programming to&nbsp;deliver more robust energy, carbon, water, and waste reductions.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Scaling around the Globe&nbsp;

Over the next year, Starbucks will continue the international expansion of this program with Greener Stores opening in&nbsp;Japan, the UK and Chile.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Starbucks is also&nbsp;expanding&nbsp;test and learn capabilities for sustainability&nbsp;with innovation test stores&nbsp;that are part of the&nbsp;ecosystem at the&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2021/starbucks-announces-new-planet-and-people-positive-research-facility-in-partnership-with-arizona-state-university/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">ASU-Starbucks Center for the Future of People and the Planet</a>. The ASU-Starbucks Center, slated to open in December, will include work to inspire others to design, build and operate portfolios of buildings that minimize environmental impacts throughout their life cycle. This includes developing a roadmap for Greener Store education efforts, including a&nbsp;toolkit,&nbsp;and learning library, to be&nbsp;open-sourced and&nbsp;available for Starbucks stakeholders and others&nbsp;via <a href="https://www.starbucksglobalacademy.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Starbucks Global Academy</a>.&nbsp;

“Starbucks expansion of the Greener Stores program demonstrates a continued commitment to environmental stewardship and innovation,” said Sheila Bonini Senior Vice President, Private Sector Engagement, World Wildlife Fund. “By making this program open source, and expanding it globally, Starbucks is creating a path toward a resource positive future within their own four walls and beyond.”&nbsp;

Greening the Supply Chain&nbsp;

Starbucks&nbsp;commitment to&nbsp;environmentally responsible&nbsp;design, construction and operation extends beyond retail and into its supply chain as well.&nbsp;

As a progression against Starbucks resource-positive goals, the company recently committed to&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2021/starbucks-announces-coffee-specific-environmental-goals/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Carbon Neutral Green Coffee</a>&nbsp;and to conserve water usage in green coffee processing by 50%, both by 2030.&nbsp;This work focuses&nbsp;on&nbsp;Origin – or what Starbucks refers to as “the first ten feet” (farm to port).&nbsp;

Key to our Greener Stores framework are efforts to accelerate the clean energy transition through onsite solar, and&nbsp;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2020/starbucks-solidifies-pathway-to-a-planet-positive-future/#:~:text=Starbucks%20has%20sourced%20100%25%20renewable,stores%20that%20use%20the%20energy." target="_blank">new innovative renewable energy investments and contracts</a>.&nbsp;Earlier this summer, Starbucks&nbsp;completed the installation of a&nbsp;1-megawatt&nbsp;solar array at the Starbucks Carson Valley Roasting Plant and Distribution Center,&nbsp;one of the largest in the world suppling Starbucks products domestically and internationally.&nbsp;On-site solar&nbsp;energy&nbsp;will provide&nbsp;nearly a third of&nbsp;the Roasting Plant and Distribution Center’s&nbsp;electricity for the year.&nbsp;&nbsp;

“At the Carson Valley Roasting Plant, we see the cycle come full circle. Starbucks coffee is both grown by and roasted from the sun,” said&nbsp;Kobori.&nbsp;

Across Starbucks roasting plants, as current roasters reach end of life, the company is replacing them with new roasters that are 40% more energy efficient.&nbsp;

The Carson Valley Roasting plant also leverages electric vehicles&nbsp;to help with daily operations, and in the year ahead, Starbucks&nbsp;will&nbsp;scale electric vehicle fleets throughout its supply chain.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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As Starbucks celebrates its 50th Anniversary, the company is expanding its open-source Greener Store Framework to help reduce its environmental impact and leverage its scale for good to accelerate the global movement towards a more sustainable future.

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Starbucks today announced it will be taking the final step to eliminate all plastic straws from its cafes and reintroducing personal reusable cups across the country as part of its <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/starbucks-sustainability-commitment-infographic/">ongoing commitment</a>&nbsp;to reduce waste by 50% by 2030.

Goodbye plastic. Hello paper!

In support of Starbucks goal to eliminate one billion plastic straws globally every year, Starbucks Canada will introduce a new paper straw, beginning in late August for beverages that require one*. The new paper straws are Starbucks green, compostable and, like many new products offered in Starbucks stores, underwent testing to meet the company’s high-quality standards, without comprising the customer experience. This paper straw was carefully selected for its durability to be used in beverages like Frappuccino® blended beverages.

“Since we announced our global commitment to eliminate single-use plastic straws across all stores, Starbucks Canada has focused tirelessly on finding a straw alternative that meets our quality standards and customer need,” said Lori Digulla, senior vice president and general manager for Starbucks Canada. “We are proud to take this final step to remove all plastic straws from our stores. We remain committed to shifting away from single-use plastics to be part of a solution that helps our planet in a sustainable way.”

The shift to paper straws, together with Starbucks strawless lids, will save more than 68 million single-use plastic straws annually from landfill in Canada.

Personal reusable cups return to Starbucks stores&nbsp;

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Beginning August 24, Starbucks is reintroducing personal reusable cups across company operated stores in Canada.

With more Starbucks stores welcoming customers back in to stores in Canada and across the globe, the company held trials on new and safe ways to reintroduce reusable cups with confidence. As part of Starbucks ongoing commitment to prioritizing partner and customer safety, the company developed a completely contactless, new method—eliminating&nbsp;any shared touch points between the customer and Starbucks partners.&nbsp;​

To encourage customers to choose reusable and reduce single-use cup waste, Starbucks will continue offering customers a $0.10 discount on their beverage of choice.&nbsp;&nbsp;Starbucks will also be reinstating For Here Ware for customers that choose to enjoy their food and beverages in-store (only where available or permitted by local regulations).

Only clean cups will be accepted, and Starbucks partners will not be able to clean them for customers. While for now, personal reusable cups will only be accepted in the café, the company is currently testing safe options for&nbsp;allowing personal reusable cups via the drive thru<a>.</a>

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At the hand-off, pick up your cup

Pop on the lid, and you’re good to go

Both initiatives are vital steps to help Starbucks shift away from single-use packaging and reduce waste, while supporting the company’s global aspiration of a resource-positive future. Efforts to reduce waste is not new to Starbucks and the company continues to explore scalable options here in Canada, including:

Starbucks continues to make progress in our efforts to reduce waste at our stores around the world. Earlier this year, Starbucks EMEA announced they will offer a reusable cup share program in all&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/emea/stories/2021/emea-cup-share-program-2025/">Europe, Middle East and Africa</a>&nbsp;stores by 2025. In July,&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/asia/stories/2021/starbucks-eliminates-disposable-cups-at-four-stores-in-jeju-south-korea/">Starbucks South Korea</a>&nbsp;launched its first Borrow a Cup program in select stores and recently committed to eliminating single-use cups by 2025.

* An alternative option will be available for customers who require one for accessibility reasons.

Starbucks today announced it will be eliminating all plastic straws from its cafes and reintroducing personal reusable cups across the country as part of its ongoing commitment to reduce waste by 50% by 2030.

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Coffee for your plants? In an effort to reduce waste, Starbucks offers free coffee grounds for gardeners with local program .

Dubbed as the&nbsp;unofficial start of summer, the&nbsp;May long weekend is around the corner, and Canadians are dusting off their gardening tools to start planting outdoors.&nbsp;Starbucks is here to help gardeners show some extra love to their plants and flowers this season, while also helping the environment

Starbucks serves&nbsp;freshly brewed&nbsp;coffee to millions of customers each day, but many may not know they can also pick up a free bag of used coffee grounds to enrich their gardens and compost with its in-store program, Grounds For Your Garden.&nbsp;Starbucks started its Grounds For Your Garden&nbsp;program in 1995, which is offered on a first-come, first-served basis in participating stores for free to customers. Even the packaging has been reused – baristas scoop spent coffee grounds into the empty bags originally used to ship espresso beans to stores.&nbsp;&nbsp;

For over 25 years, customers have taken advantage of Grounds For Your Garden at their local Starbucks. Deepak has been picking up bags of coffee grounds from his local store in Ontario, for his community garden to nourish and prepare his soil for growing fresh produce. His garden, filled with vegetable seeds and fresh greens, was first created to share homegrown food with a few neighbours. Now, he makes his harvest available to help others in the community who face challenges accessing fresh food due to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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On top of keeping pests&nbsp;away, Deepak shared that the coffee grounds, in combination with his kitchen composter,&nbsp;have helped nourish the soil to produce better greens, including Spinach and Kale, that were most recently harvested for his community members.&nbsp;

Ashley Bonar is the store manager at the Starbucks Deepak regularly visits. Ashley looks forwards to seeing customers take advantage of her location’s Grounds For Your Garden program.

“This is a win-win program for both our partners, customers and the planet. We love seeing the beautiful gardens Deepak and all our customers in the community who use this program grow. Plus, our partners feel so much pride and joy packing the bags of coffee grounds to be used in the community, while also reducing our waste,” said Ashley Bonar, Starbucks Store Manager and Co-Chair of Starbucks Canada Partners for Sustainability.

Grounds For Your Garden has evolved to become an important part of Starbucks effort to reduce the environmental impact of its stores. Although composting may not be commercially available in all municipalities, the program serves as another way to reuse coffee&nbsp;grounds to&nbsp;prevent one of the company’s largest waste contributor (by volume and weight) going to landfills. This is just one of the programs that supports the company’s&nbsp;bold, multi-decade aspiration to cut carbon, water and waste each by 50 percent by 2030 and give back to the planet by <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/starbucks-sustainability-commitment-infographic/">becoming resource positive</a> in the future.

Coming to Starbucks to try our <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2021/starbucks-new-menu-is-making-this-season-as-summer-as-possible/">new summer Frappuccino</a> or grab breakfast before your morning meeting? Treat your garden too and check with your&nbsp;Barista&nbsp;to see if used coffee grounds are available at your&nbsp;<a href="https://www.starbucks.ca/store-locator?map=57.751076,-101.645508,4z" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">local Starbucks</a>.&nbsp;

Starbucks started its Grounds For Your Garden program in 1995, which is offered on a first-come, first-served basis in participating stores for free to customers.

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Starbucks Grounds For Your Garden: Rooted in a Mission to Help Local Communities Grow

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This year marks the 50th&nbsp;global anniversary of Starbucks. From the beginning, Starbucks has sought to be a different kind of company, one that inspires and nurtures the human spirit, and brings people together over coffee to create a better future. Starbucks vision for the next 50 years is to remain focused on connections over coffee, being a resource positive company, and&nbsp;creating a better future for its partners (employees) and the communities it serves.&nbsp;&nbsp;

As Starbucks looks to the future, the company is focused on its aspirations to give more than it takes from the planet and help create a sustainable future for coffee growing communities. Starbucks&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/kevin-johnson-letter-sustainability/">planet positive initiative</a>&nbsp;is a multi-decade commitment to become a resource positive company, including goals to reduce its carbon, water, and waste footprints by 50 per cent by 2030.​&nbsp;

This Earth Month, Starbucks is highlighting its planet positive initiatives, featuring its newest blend of whole bean coffee, new merchandise made from recycled materials and interactive Earth Month game that takes Starbucks Rewards members behind the scenes of Starbucks sustainability journey.

Starbucks Earth Month Game

The&nbsp;new Starbucks Earth Month&nbsp;Game&nbsp;gives Starbucks® Rewards members a chance to win more than 140,000 prizes, &nbsp;support the World Wildlife Fund Canada (WWF-Canada), as well as learn more about the&nbsp;<a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/kevin-johnson-letter-sustainability/">Starbucks Planet Positive</a>&nbsp;commitment to become a resource positive company.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The&nbsp;new&nbsp;game&nbsp;is a combination of an instant win game&nbsp;called “Choice&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Chance”&nbsp;and&nbsp;a puzzle&nbsp;game&nbsp;called “Play&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Plant.”&nbsp;&nbsp;Starbucks® Rewards members can earn plays on eligible transactions at participating Starbucks stores. Members must pay using a Starbucks Card or linked payment method, or by scanning the Starbucks app prior to checkout to earn a play. (Limit two plays per day).

Throughout the game, players will receive tips and prompts on choices in their everyday lives&nbsp;and earn additional “plays” for each by participating in weekly activities&nbsp;– from trying meatless breakfast choices, to voting for their favourite non-dairy beverage or reading articles about combatting food waste.

In the “Choice &amp; Chance” portion of the game, players can select an item for a chance to win prizes ranging from coupons for free non-dairy beverages for a year to money off select food items and merchandise. There will also be the chance to enter a sweepstakes to win grand prizes such as an electric bike prize package from Rad Power Bikes.&nbsp;

In the “Play &amp; Plant” puzzle&nbsp;game,&nbsp;Starbucks is making a $25,000 prize donation to WWF-Canada to plant wildflowers and native plants that help build habitats for wildlife in the Southern Ontario-Quebec corridor.

A link for the Starbucks Earth Month Game will be available for Starbucks Rewards members in the Starbucks app starting April 1; the game will end on April 30, 2021.&nbsp;

Starbucks Odyssey Blend Coffee

Starbucks is introducing its newest blend of whole bean coffee, Starbucks Odyssey Blend, which celebrates the next 50 years of Starbucks Coffee.&nbsp;Starbucks is focused on a more sustainable future for the coffee industry and continuing support for coffee farmers and their communities around the world.&nbsp;Starbucks Odyssey Blend was created to highlight&nbsp;this work and to&nbsp;celebrate coffee,&nbsp;people,&nbsp;and planet.&nbsp;

Starbucks Odyssey Blend is crafted from beans sourced from West Java, Rwanda and Peru,&nbsp;each specifically chosen for how they embody&nbsp;the&nbsp;key pillars of&nbsp;coffee, people&nbsp;and&nbsp;planet,&nbsp;as well&nbsp;the innovative and responsible ways in which&nbsp;the&nbsp;farmers in the region&nbsp;grow, cultivate and process coffee.&nbsp;

“This is our love letter to coffee – 50 years in the making. The three&nbsp;distinct&nbsp;origins that make up Odyssey Blend&nbsp;were&nbsp;chosen for the trailblazing way&nbsp;the coffee&nbsp;was grown,&nbsp;cultivated,&nbsp;and&nbsp;processed. The three coffees create a blend that charts a new path.&nbsp;This&nbsp;is a complex medium roast&nbsp;that&nbsp;displays&nbsp;expressive citrus notes&nbsp;of tangerine zest,&nbsp;a&nbsp;sweet and syrupy body and a&nbsp;wild-honey&nbsp;floral finish.”&nbsp;Sergio Alvarez,&nbsp;Starbucks&nbsp;Coffee Developer.

Printed on each bag of Starbucks Odyssey Blend is a QR code that directs customers to the Starbucks Traceability page, where customers can learn more about the coffee’s journey from bean to cup and the people and places behind Starbucks coffee. Visit <a href="https://traceability.starbucks.com/#/">traceability.starbucks.com</a>.&nbsp;

The new Earth Month Collection includes a to-go hot and cold cup, as well as a reusable tote made with post-consumer recycled materials. This smart (and stylish) collection is available in Starbucks stores for a limited time while supplies last.

Starbucks is also offering a collection of drinkware made from recycled materials that are available in Starbucks stores in Canada&nbsp;throughout&nbsp;the year.

Entrants&nbsp;can&nbsp;receive&nbsp;a maximum&nbsp;of 2 plays per day, plus,&nbsp;bonus opportunities to earn additional plays.&nbsp;

Game plays may be earned on eligible transactions at a participating Starbucks Canada store. You must pay with your registered Starbucks Card&nbsp;or linked payment method, or by scanning your Starbucks App prior to checkout.&nbsp;Purchases of alcohol, Starbucks Cards and Starbucks Card reloads are excluded. See <a href="https://www.starbucks.ca/rewards/terms" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">starbucks.ca/terms</a> for details.

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Starbucks Canada Kicks off Earth Month with New Starbucks® Earth Month Game, Merchandise, and Odyssey Blend

This year marks the 50th&nbsp;global anniversary of Starbucks. From the beginning, Starbucks has sought to be a different kind of company, one that inspires and nurtures the human spirit, and brings people together over coffee to create a better future. Starbucks vision for the next 50 years is to remain focused on connections over coffee, […]

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The B.C. store was constructed by Vancouver-based Nexii in just six days with near-zero construction waste

Starbucks Canada today announced it will open a first-of-its-kind Starbucks drive-thru store in Canada, assembled in just six days, with near-zero construction waste and designed to reduce energy needs for heating and cooling compared to standard construction builds.

According to the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.cagbc.org/News/EN/2020/20200901_News_Release.aspx" target="_blank">Canada Green Building Council</a>, buildings are responsible for almost 40% of global carbon emissions and 50% of global material use.&nbsp; Designed, manufactured and constructed by Vancouver-based green building company, Nexii Building Solutions, the Starbucks drive-thru store – set to open in early 2021 in Abbotsford, B.C. – represents a significant step forward in the company’s aspirations to operate more efficient stores, a key component of the company’s global sustainability strategy which aspires to store more carbon than the company emits; reduce waste sent to landfills; and provide more freshwater than the company uses.&nbsp; Starbucks has set ambitious sustainability targets to cut its carbon, water, and waste footprints in half by 2030.

“Buildings and construction can have a substantial impact on Canada’s environmental goals,” says Catherine Anderson, vice president of Store Development at Starbucks Canada. “Working with like-minded innovators like Nexii, we are excited to lead the industry in modelling the benefits of green construction and share what we learn with others to help action meaningful, global change.”

Starbucks has been a global leader in designing its stores to achieve LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification standards since 2005, ensuring energy and water efficiencies. As a new-build construction project, the Starbucks Abbotsford drive-thru store was assembled in just six days - the result of Nexii’s unique precision-manufacturing process, whereby panels for the store’s roof and walls were designed and manufactured offsite. Through optimized manufacturing and simplified assembly, this building process reduces construction waste relative to typical industry practices.&nbsp;

“All aspects of the Nexii system – from the products we create to the way we assemble our buildings – are designed with sustainability at the core, so that we can create affordable, green buildings,” says Stephen Sidwell, CEO of Nexii, who adds thatas Nexii panels create a thermally efficient, airtight envelope, the Starbucks building will require less energy to heat and cool compared to standard construction builds, greatly improving energy efficiency over its building lifecycle, lowering operating costs.

Despite challenges resulting from COVID-19, Starbucks remains steadfast on making progress against its 2030 sustainability goals. Since January, the company has expanded plant-based menu options and found better ways to manage waste, is making progress against eliminating plastic straws and introduced a recyclable strawless lid in all stores in Canada. These investments join a growing list of sustainability goals at Starbucks in Canada including:

Please <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/starbucks-sustainability-timeline/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">click here</a> for a timeline of Starbucks sustainability initiatives.

Starbucks Canada today announced it will open a first-of-its-kind, sustainably constructed Starbucks drive-thru store in Canada, assembled in just six days, with near-zero construction waste and designed to reduce energy needs for heating and cooling compared to standard construction builds.

First-of-its-Kind Sustainably Constructed Starbucks Store to Open in Canada

First-of-its-Kind Starbucks Store to Open in Canada

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As part of the company’s efforts to phase out plastic straws worldwide,a recyclable, strawless lid is the new standard for iced beverages in Starbucks stores

Over the past year, Starbucks has <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2019/greener-cups-and-fewer-straws-at-starbucks-canada/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2019/greener-cups-and-fewer-straws-at-starbucks-canada/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">trialed</a> new lightweight, recyclable strawless lids in select markets across the U.S. and Canada. Due to the success of this test, the company is rolling out strawless lids to company-operated and licensed stores, marking a significant milestone in Starbucks effort to eliminate one billion plastic straws globally per year. Starbucks will continue to shift away from single-use packaging and plastics as part of its <a href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/5-things-to-know-starbucks-sustainability-commitment/" data-type="URL" data-id="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/5-things-to-know-starbucks-sustainability-commitment/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">resource positive commitment</a> announced in January.

“Recyclable, strawless lids for customers across the U.S. and Canada is another step in our journey to reduce our environmental footprint,” said Michael Kobori, chief sustainability officer at Starbucks. “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.” 

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Customers in Seattle and Vancouver were the first to see the strawless lids implemented in 2018.&nbsp; Last year, Toronto became the second city in the Canada to offer customers strawless lids.

Starbucks designed, developed, and manufactured its strawless lid, which will now be the standard for all iced coffee, tea, espresso, and Starbucks Refreshers beverages. The lid was modeled after the lid customers recognize from Starbucks hot drinks and has approximately nine percent less plastic than the flat lid and straw historically used for iced beverages. Unlike straws that cannot be recycled because of their size, the strawless lid made from polypropylene, meets the Association of Plastic Recyclers design guidelines for recyclability and can be recycled in many markets in the U.S. and Canada.

“We developed and trialed several prototypes to arrive at this milestone,” said Andy Corlett, director of global packaging solutions and innovations, whose team at Starbucks helped design the lid. “A recyclable, strawless lid becoming the standard for iced drinks is one small way we can give more than we take from the planet. This is a significant moment for Starbucks as we work to reduce waste and safeguard the environment.”

Corlett’s team developed variations in lid design to match the variety of beverages Starbucks offers. For example, the distinct lid for Nitro beverages, which began rolling out in 2018, has a slightly wider, tear-drop shaped opening, designed for the perfect drinking experience of Starbucks velvety-smooth Nitro Cold Brew and beverages with Cold Foam. Similarly, Frappuccino® blended beverages and other drinks with whipped cream will continue to have a domed lid made from recyclable plastic and be accompanied by a straw, except where prohibited by local law. Straws will also remain available in stores for customers upon request.

“Last year alone, volunteers with Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup removed nearly one million straws from beaches and waterways around the world, and that’s one million too many polluting our environment,” said Doug Cress, Vice President of Conservation at Ocean Conservancy. “Starbucks strawless lid is a prime example of how innovation will help us move closer to a healthy ocean free of trash, and we are committed to working with Starbucks through our International Coastal Cleanup and our Trash Free Seas Alliance to drive positive change. Our hope is that other companies follow suit, and that these innovations are met with greater investment from both the public and private sectors in recycling infrastructure and markets to keep the momentum alive.”

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Starbucks continues to make progress against its <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2018/starbucks-to-eliminate-plastic-straws-globally-by-2020/" target="_blank">commitment</a> to phase out plastic straws worldwide. Starbucks Korea was the company’s first market to eliminate straws through strawless lids and paper straw alternatives in 2018. In 2019, Starbucks introduced strawless lids in select markets across the U.S., Canada, and China, in addition to introducing FSC (Forest Stewardship Council®) certified paper straws across the UK and Europe. Strawless lids and straws made from alternative materials will continue to be tested and rolled out to more markets in the coming year.

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As part of the company’s efforts to phase out plastic straws worldwide, a recyclable, strawless lid is the new standard for iced beverages in Starbucks throughout North America.

Starbucks Strawless Lids Now Available Across the U.S. and Canada

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On its journey to develop a more recyclable and compostable hot cup solution by 2022, Starbucks announced today details for in-market testing of a more sustainable cup technology from the <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2019/closed-loop-partners-announces-12-winners-of-the-nextgen-cup-challenge/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="NextGen Cup Challenge (opens in a new tab)">NextGen Cup Challenge</a>. Starting on Monday, March 9th, Vancouver will be included in the cities trailing the new BioPBS™-lined cup, with additional market tests running in Seattle, San Francisco, New York and London.

The tests are designed to provide key insights and learnings into the partner (employee) and customer in-store experience with the goal of no noticeable differences in performance between the new cup and current cup. In addition, in conjunction with Closed Loop Partners, Starbucks is conducting separate tests designed to validate that this particular cup technology can be recycled more readily than the current cup. 

In January, Starbucks <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)" href="https://stories.starbucks.ca/en/stories/2020/kevin-johnson-letter-sustainability/" target="_blank">announced a multi-decade aspiration</a> to be resource positive, giving more than it takes from the planet. As part of its sustainability commitment, the company is focusing on ways to better manage its waste, both in Starbucks stores and in the communities it serves by ensuring more reuse and recycling. While this cup trial is an exciting step forward, Starbucks will continue to evaluate additional NextGen Cup Challenge winning concepts and cup technologies, as well as learn from other reusable and recyclable innovations to find the most sustainable solutions for its business, partners and customers.

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Starbucks announced today details for in-market testing of a more sustainable cup technology from the NextGen Cup Challenge.

Starbucks Compostable Cup Pilot to Begin in Vancouver This Week

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This month, Starbucks begins its first market tests of a recyclable and compostable hot cup solution as part of the <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2018/starbucks-and-closed-loop-to-develop-recyclable-compostable-cup-solution/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">NextGen Cup Challenge</a>, which seeks to address single-use packaging waste by developing an industry-wide recyclable and compostable to-go cup solution. This is a step forward in the company’s journey to better manage its waste by ensuring more reuse and recycling.

In 2018, Starbucks and co-founder McDonald’s, committed $10M in partnership with Closed Loop Partners to establish the NextGen Consortium and Cup Challenge. Additionally, Starbucks invested $5M in Closed Loop Partners’ Infrastructure Fund that finances recycling and circular economy infrastructure across North America. 

The NextGen Cup Challenge began with a six-month design competition that received hundreds of ideas from industry experts and cup scientists alike. From there, the Consortium then identified <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2019/closed-loop-partners-announces-12-winners-of-the-nextgen-cup-challenge/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="12 winning teams (opens in a new tab)">12 winning teams</a> to further work with on their potential to serve as solutions for various business models.

In March of 2019, Starbucks announced a commitment to <a href="https://stories.starbucks.com/press/2019/greener-cups-fewer-straws-and-tracing-your-coffees-journey-via-app/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label=" (opens in a new tab)">conduct market tests</a> with the cup technologies in select stores in five cities, including Seattle, San Francisco, New York, Vancouver and London. Starbucks then conducted months of internal research and development at their Tryer Center, putting the various cups through an array of tests for quality and performance measurements. In addition, the company evaluated manufacturing logistics, scalability, and pricing of each cup.

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