in the US at least, the FDA fined a lot of those companies for false marketing. They will not help you lose any weight. That’s why you can’t find them in stores anymore, only online from direct Chinese imports.
water cups provided at races can be recyclable or even compostable, as they are paper and wax usually. single use coffee cups with their plastic liner coatings are not. Starbucks cups are notoriously trash-only.
…doesn’t the pigeon go number-twosies on the telephone pole?!?