Welcoming Starbucks Is Adding Needle-Disposal Boxes to Bathrooms

Customers sit inside a Starbucks corp. location in New York.Photographer: Ron Antonelli
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Starbucks Corp. -- recognizing it’s often a safe space for the most vulnerable visitors -- has installed needle-disposal boxes in some locations.

The coffee giant started adding the boxes in several U.S. markets this January after receiving requests from employees last year, a spokeswoman said. It will add them to any store where employees cite a need, she said.