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What happens to Starbucks cups once you toss them out?

The U.S. generates the most plastic waste of any nation. Starbucks, one of the biggest users of single-use plastic cups in the country, encourages customers to toss them in its recycling bins. But CBS News discovered most of those cups never get recycled.
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