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Citing sustainability, Starbucks wants to overhaul its iconic cup. Will customers go along?
Citing sustainability, Starbucks wants to overhaul its iconic cup. Will customers go along?,A barista grabs the mug, dries it and prepares Patton’s order — a 16-ounce Starbucks double espresso on ice. “Saving the environment is important and all, but I probably come here more in knowing that I’m going to get a dollar off,” says Patton, 27, a cancer researcher at Arizona State University. Just as noteworthy as what they're carrying is what they are not: the disposable Starbucks cup, an icon in a world where the word is overused.

Citing sustainability, Starbucks wants to overhaul its iconic cup. Will customers go along?

A barista grabs the mug, dries it and prepares Patton’s order — a 16-ounce Starbucks double espresso on ice. “Saving the environment is important and all, but I probably come here more in knowing that I’m going to get a dollar off,” says Patton, 27, a cancer researcher at Arizona State University. Just as noteworthy as what they're carrying is what they are not: the disposable Starbucks cup, an icon in a world where the word is overused.