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Paper straws

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Starbucks drinks with both a plastic straw, left, and paper straw [YONHAP]

Starbucks to reintroduce plant-based plastic straws in nationwide trial

Starbucks Korea has reintroduced plastic straws made from plant-based materials at select stores, seven years after phasing them out in favor of paper alternatives, on longstanding consumer complaints that paper ones get soggy.

2025.6.25

Paper cups are stacked at a restaurant in downtown Seoul on Tuesday. The Environment Ministry announced that it would scrap its ban on the use of paper cups in restaurants and cafes and tentatively postpone its plans to regulate the use of plastic straws and stir sticks.[NEWS1]

Government scraps plan to ban paper cups

Korea's Ministry of Environment has scrapped plans to ban the use of paper cups following complaints from merchants and consumers. The government will instead recommend that businesses utilize multiuse cups.

2023.11.7

Tag: Paper straws

Paper straws

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Starbucks to reintroduce plant-based plastic straws in nationwide trial

Government scraps plan to ban paper cups

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