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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.
The funding for the airport trial grew out of a program Starbucks launched last year that added a 5 pence (6 cent) surcharge for disposable cups in UK shops. The money raised was donated to environmental charity
