09.22.09 Tuesday’s Tiny Green Tip
September 22, 2009
Be coffee cup savvy and help the earth.
Do you stop by the local coffee shop so often, that the employees know you by name? If so, you might think about toting your own coffee cup with you each day.
According to the green website Ideal Brite, we generate 23 pounds of waste per year if we buy one cup of coffee in a disposable cup each day. Starbucks alone is estimated to use 1.5 billion paper cups annually. Whoa…
Keep a travel mug, and help keep some of the waste out of the landfills. Grab your favorite coffee mug and tote it to the coffee shop with you. Don’t worry, you won’t hurt anyone’s feelings. You may even save money! Some shops reward you with a discount if you’re savvy enough to bring your own cup. Starbucks does this. They offer a 10 cent discount when you bring your own cup. I’m thinking it’s the least they could do… it’s probably cheaper for them than switching to recycled cups.
So, search out a fashionable, hip travel mug and fill it up!
photo: jdixon
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3 Comments Leave a Comment
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Carla Doss | September 23, 2009 at 9:37 pm
Darn, I was hoping for a Wednesday Tip!
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Lee Howard | October 20, 2009 at 9:24 am
I just started doing this last week for my daily trip to Lucy’s without knowing about your blog. I’ve also been taping plastic to my windows for nine years. No new windows in the budget for me either. AND my grandmother used to get me to help with the milky white plastic she put on her windows every winter. Good times.
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Jenny | October 20, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Lee, ha! Love that your Granny had the plastic!!
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