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Starbucks Introduces $1 Reusable Cups

Starbucks reusable cups will be cleaned with boiling water at each refill and customers will get 10 cents off their coffee with every use.

Starbucks is introducing an affordable way for its customers to reduce waste.

The Huffington Post reported that starting today, Starbucks will offer $1 reusable cups. Customers who use the cups, which look like the standard paper cups with the Starbucks logo, will get a dime off their beverage.

The cups will be cleaned in boiling water by Starbucks staff each time they are brought in for use.

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According to its website, Starbucks has a goal to serve five percent of beverages in personal reusable tumblers by 2015.

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