Green Options » coffee cups http://greenoptions.com/tag/coffee-cups Posts tagged 'coffee cups' Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:00:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Sustainability is Sexy http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/10/13/sustainability-is-sexy/ http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/10/13/sustainability-is-sexy/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:00:43 +0000 Stuart Stein http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2008/10/13/sustainability-is-sexy/ I’ve deservedly ranted about Starbucks a lot lately. (See Starbucks: Wasting Up to 6 Million Gallons of Water Every Day and Where Do You Draw the Line?)

Let me ask you and them another question, What about the eco-impact of disposable paper coffee cups? Disposable coffee cups are responsible for the deaths of over 6.5 million trees each year. In 2006 it’s estimated that 16 billion found their way into the trash creating over 250 million pounds of solid waste.

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