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Starbucks is installing needle-disposal boxes in bathrooms

April 23, 2019

Starbucks’ efforts to address opioid use and improperly disposed needles in its bathrooms are expanding.  Starbucks stores in at least 25 US markets have installed needle-disposal boxes in bathrooms in recent months. By this summer, the chain aims to have installed sharps boxes in bathrooms in all regions where such action has been deemed necessary.  The coffee giant also allows local district managers or store managers to put in requests to have sharps-disposal boxes installed in their locations’ bathrooms.  Read more on this story here.