Agreed, and it’s so wasteful because you can’t recycle them.
I have a whole collection, and often use them for my morning coffee that I drink in the car on the way to work. I had a pink-handled Pixar cup pinched from the break room at work a few years ago, but no worries because I still had the exact same one at home plus another in green. Family from out of state came to visit, and I sent my SIL on her way with a hot drink in one because I don’t need it back.
I hate waste and try to reuse and minimize disposable stuff, and bring my old freestyle cups back to UO. I was sad I had to give up one of my AP cups last week, but the TM said it couldn’t be reactivated, and swapped it out for a Jurassic Park one. I appreciated the trade, but I know that old AP one went right in the trash, and I’d totally have brought it back home for the kids to use as a regular cup.