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Starbucks Wastes Large Amounts of Water

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I came across this rather disheartening story this morning. Starbucks, the famous and increasingly ubiquitous coffee shop, is in trouble with environmentalists (including this one) for irresponsible water use. It seems that it is company policy to have a faucet running below the counter of every Starbucks on the planet at all times. The company claims that this keeps the washing area hygienic.

As you may have guessed, running faucets in every Starbucks on the planet (yes, all 10,000 of them) adds up to quite a bit of water--23.4 million liters a day, to be exact.

Fast food restaurants. Help or hurt?

Submitted by sarrrthesingerxo on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 11:50am

Does eating fast food help or hurt our enviroment? I really believe it does, because all the paper bags they use? They are not recycled!

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