We need to stop trying to recycle things, and start burning them for energy.
It's simply better for the environment.
It suffers from not "looking" green, which matters far more to people than actually being green.
Impact Campaign: SEAL Calls On Starbucks To #UpTheCup
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#22Not only are they not recyclable, but there's a water cost, energy cost, and a pollution cost to making them. Obviously the fate of humanity doesn't depend on what we do with our coffee cups. But in my opinion the best solution is to have people bring their own cups and just reuse them, and unfortunately only a small percent of people do that. Back in grad school, to get people to bring their own cups more often, we…
> We put together the proposal, and we made it to the leadership of the dining program before the woman in charge vetoed it. Her reasoning? "This idea just makes me cringe." That was the end of it. Which university was that?
UCLA.
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#23Not only are they not recyclable, but there's a water cost, energy cost, and a pollution cost to making them. Obviously the fate of humanity doesn't depend on what we do with our coffee cups. But in my opinion the best solution is to have people bring their own cups and just reuse them, and unfortunately only a small percent of people do that. Back in grad school, to get people to bring their own cups more often, we…
>But in my opinion the best solution is to have people bring their own cups and just reuse them, and unfortunately only a small percent of people do that.
You could also just make your own coffee at home and cut out the entire environmental impact of doing business with a wasteful company at all. But this doesn't solve the problem of "I'm somewhere with no coffee, and I want coffee" which Starbucks does. Focusing on making their cups sustainable is probably a much better solution than expecting people to lug around coffee mugs all day.
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#24Not only are they not recyclable, but there's a water cost, energy cost, and a pollution cost to making them. Obviously the fate of humanity doesn't depend on what we do with our coffee cups. But in my opinion the best solution is to have people bring their own cups and just reuse them, and unfortunately only a small percent of people do that. Back in grad school, to get people to bring their own cups more often, we…
>But in my opinion the best solution is to have people bring their own cups and just reuse them, and unfortunately only a small percent of people do that. You could also just make your own coffee at home and cut out the entire environmental impact of doing business with a wasteful company at all. But this doesn't solve the problem of "I'm somewhere with no coffee, and I want coffee" which Starbucks does. Focusing on…
My specific proposal is about giving you the option to buy a cup if you want it, and not if you don't. Everybody wins!
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
That’s how it still worked in the 90s in post-communist Central European countries. Then we got flooded with plastic just like the Westerners.
I was amazed in Berlin the recycling program that makes it very easy to recycle cans and bottles. People made it a job to pickup and search through trash so they could recycle. A can deposit would be welcomed, but maybe I’m old and just remember crushing cans to fill up trash bags to get $7. Sure was fun to get that money as a kid.
Yeah but in the USA the recycling infrastructure is very different from state to state, so implementing something on a national level is not a viable solution.
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#26Not only are they not recyclable, but there's a water cost, energy cost, and a pollution cost to making them. Obviously the fate of humanity doesn't depend on what we do with our coffee cups. But in my opinion the best solution is to have people bring their own cups and just reuse them, and unfortunately only a small percent of people do that. Back in grad school, to get people to bring their own cups more often, we…
Coffeeshops (Costa and Starbucks) in the UK offers a 25p discount if you bring your own cup.
Just be aware that there are some strange terms and conditions: Costa requires you to have a lid, or else they can refuse to use it, the rule seems bizarre since they will happily fill your coffee in a lidless ceramic mug, but if you bring a lidless metal thermo mug like mine it is a no-go: https://www.snowpeak.com/collections/mugs/products/ti-double...
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
>But in my opinion the best solution is to have people bring their own cups and just reuse them, and unfortunately only a small percent of people do that. You could also just make your own coffee at home and cut out the entire environmental impact of doing business with a wasteful company at all. But this doesn't solve the problem of "I'm somewhere with no coffee, and I want coffee" which Starbucks does. Focusing on…
My specific proposal is about giving you the option to buy a cup if you want it, and not if you don't. Everybody wins!
It would be great if everyone could bring their own reusable cup each time they go to shop I agree!
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
That’s how it still worked in the 90s in post-communist Central European countries. Then we got flooded with plastic just like the Westerners.
I was amazed in Berlin the recycling program that makes it very easy to recycle cans and bottles. People made it a job to pickup and search through trash so they could recycle. A can deposit would be welcomed, but maybe I’m old and just remember crushing cans to fill up trash bags to get $7. Sure was fun to get that money as a kid.
Some places you don't get the deposit if the can is crushed, because they need to be able to read the barcode. Which is insane, because crushed cans take up a fraction of the space of whole cans and only makes the recycling process more complex.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
The paper straws are horrible, borderline unusable.
lol I don’t think your comment deserved to be killed, you’re right. Paper cups are just as un-usable without the plastic coating. Still the pollution is a high cost for the convenience of coffee to go. Maybe the best solution is to make sure everyone to have time to make coffee at home instead of going to a drive through Starbucks (drive through takes same amount of time really) …Or be less addicted to sugar and caff…
People actually try to recycle the paper cups thinking that they are recyclable.
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#30We need to stop trying to recycle things, and start burning them for energy. It's simply better for the environment. It suffers from not "looking" green, which matters far more to people than actually being green.
I would be interested if you have a source for that.