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Dunkin’ Donuts Working On Ditching Styrofoam Cups Nationwide By 2016

Soon these cups will belong to the non-recyclable past. (m01229)While Dunkin’ Donuts previously announced it would comply with a new law in New York City banning styrofoam cups and containers, which goes into effect today, the company might bring its new plastic, recyclable cups to the rest of its locations across the country as well. Replacing the familiar styrofoam (actually expanded polystyrene, for you sticklers) cups in NYC wasn’t easy for the company, the Huffington Post reports, going through tests of double-layered paper cups and others in an attempt to find something cheap and disposable. The company finally settled on beverage containers made from polypropylene, a type of plastic that’s recyclable, unlike styrofoam.

 

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