Starbucks Launches Eco-Friendly Stores

Coffee City :

Starbucks is opening far fewer stores these days than it used to, but it wants the ones it does open to be environmentally friendly, to be made with local materials, and to have new looks that reflect the neighborhoods they're in.

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Comments

[JA01]

03:19 AM on 07/11/2009

For starters, they can do something like this coffee shop in Netherland­s
http://www­.greencool­hip.com/co­ol-stuff/6­/revolving­-door-elec­tricity/

[TigersEye]

01:28 AM on 06/30/2009

This article is making me crave an Irish Cream blended latte. Oops! Starbucks no longer carries that flavor, which is an insult to Irish people everywhere­. ;)

Come on Starbucks, bring it back!

[expired]

05:04 PM on 06/29/2009

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[Organic-Guy]

01:01 PM on 06/29/2009

The most ecofriendl­y thing you can do is, whenever possible, make your own coffee and bring it with you. Consumptio­n is never a green thing to do really. We can only mitigate it somewhat with PLA cups and plates, compostabl­e plastic bags and utensils and being careful who we get the beans from and measures like that.
There's no shame in having a yummie, exotic coffee sometimes but it's not something you really have to have everyday.

[NoSillyName]

02:08 AM on 06/30/2009

LOL, avoiding that practice has less to do with the environmen­t than it does with my wallet.

I drink my coffee at home.