Environmental Challenge of the Week #1
Reuse Coffee Containers
The facts:
- Americans consume more than 16 billion paper cups per year
- In 2006, paper cups accounted for 252 million pounds of garbage. This required 4 billion gallons of water, and 6.5 million trees, and enough energy to power over 50 thousand homes
Alternatives? One sustainability engineer concluded that after 24 uses, a stainless steel mug is as
environmentally friendly as using paper cups.Is environmentalism expensive? No...a study done in 2000 showed that Starbucks could save $1 million dollars per year by switching to reusable cups.
So my challenge to you this week is to bring your reusable mug or travel mug next time you go to the Hardee's, or to your favorite coffee shop.
Source: SustainabilityIsSexy.com
2 comments:
The only tricky part is: will my local coffee shop (or chain Starbucks) be willing to fill my mug instead of their cups? Will there be differences in volume? I like the idea and I use a ceramic mug at work every morning. Hope all is well in sunny bluefield.
Erik
Well, at least the Hardee's here will. The Bluefield News and Brew definitely will, too. I bet your local coffee shop would. I don't know about Starbucks, but then again, why would you pay that much for coffee?
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