Starbucks Straw Ban Is Good PR but Will Do Less Than Nothing for the Planet

Starbucks new lids require more plastic than straws.by Katie HerzogLook Ma! No straw! Justin Sullivan/GettyStarbucks' coffee may taste like the inside of a wood chipper but their PR is, once again, on point. The same month that Seattle's citywide ban on straws in eateries went into effect, The coffee mega giant announced that they will also be ditching single-use plastic straws in their 28,000 cafes around across the globe by 2020.
Sounds good, right? Straws aren't recyclable and there's the Gre