Disability organisations representing over 500,000 disabled people in Europe and North America have thrown their weight behind a letter to Starbucks CEO, Kevin Johnson, coordinated by Scottish disability rights organization One in Five. In their letter, co-signed by Baroness Tanni Grey-Thomson and political representatives from every major UK political party, One in Five states that Starbucks’ intention to eliminate single-use plastic straws globally by 2020 has caused ‘consider anxiety’ and led to many disabled people feeling excluded by the world’s largest coffee chain. The campaigners have challenged Starbucks to invest in the research…
Read MoreDisability Organisations Unite Against Starbucks’ Plastic Straw Ban
