Starbucks: an update

A few weeks ago, I posted about a big expose that Starbucks wastes millions of gallons of water because of some stupid policy. Go HERE for the first story.

Well, YAY! Good news to be told. They changed their policy!!

You can go HERE for the announcement.

could I have a latte and a chance at saving my planet?

Yep. It’s easy. Stop going to Starbucks.

Case and point… did you know it is their policy to have a sink with running water on AT ALL TIMES??? Well, you do know. Go HERE.

“The giant coffee chain has a policy of keeping a tap running non-stop at all its 10,000 outlets worldwide, wasting 23.4 MILLION litres a day. That would provide enough daily water for the entire two million-strong population of drought-hit Namibia in Africa or fill an Olympic pool every 83 minutes.”

Maybe you should consider going somewhere a wee bit more eco-friendly.

Or better yet… YAY! for this idea… instead of getting your coffee drinks at an average of $35 a week, but a pound of beans at $12, which lasts about two weeks, and make your coffee AT HOME. This way you can be assured you are buying fair trade coffee, using the minimum of water required, not supporting a store that creates waste, runs water and electricity, etc., etc., etc.