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![Disposable coffee cups are stacked up at a Starbucks in Seoul on Tuesday. According to data provided by the Environment Ministry to the office of People Power Party representative Lee Joo-hwan, disposable cups used at 14 coffee franchise and four fast food restaurants amounted to some 1 billion in 2021 — a significant increase from the average annual disposable cups of 780 million that had been used between 2017 and 2019. The annual average disposable cups that were used during the pandemic between 2020 and 2021 was 995.6 million. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/09/13/a4912aea-9f30-44a3-bbf2-ac6e454639ee.jpg)
Disposable coffee cups are stacked up at a Starbucks in Seoul on Tuesday. According to data provided by the Environment Ministry to the office of People Power Party representative Lee Joo-hwan, disposable cups used at 14 coffee franchise and four fast food restaurants amounted to some 1 billion in 2021 — a significant increase from the average annual disposable cups of 780 million that had been used between 2017 and 2019. The annual average disposable cups that were used during the pandemic between 2020 and 2021 was 995.6 million. [YONHAP]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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