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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Coffee Shops Give Discount To Ceramic Cups

This is a really interesting concept because more and more coffee shops all over the world are rewarding their patrons for being eco-friendly and green in their pursuit of coffee drinking. They are now giving price breaks to many of their customers who bring in their own ceramic cups so that they can save on throwing away excess trash for disposable paper cups. The only glitch in it is that some people are arguing that it takes so much more energy to make a ceramic coffee mug, so you have to use it over 1,000 times to equal out the energy that is used in making a paper cup. Lucky for me, I definitely use my ceramic coffee cup thousands of times, so I'm in the clear. I can wager to guess that most other coffee drinkers are the same way, due to their fanatic Java love. Other than that, consider looking for Fair Trade and Organic coffee beans that are harvested in eco-friendly ways without the use of pesticides, and also with fair wages for the coffee harvesters. This is a great way to drink a guilt free cup of Joe that is not only delicious but green as well!

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3 Comments:

Anonymous Nicko said...

FYI, you might have to use a reusable cup 1000 times to break even on energy use, but it only needs to be used 23 times to break even with a total carbon footprint. You could buy a new reusable coffee cup every month and still be more eco-friendly than using a daily disposable cup! :)

Facts from www.SustainabilityIsSexy.com/facts.html

June 24, 2009 6:53 PM  
Blogger Chuggin McCoffee said...

Great stats! Thanks for the input.

June 24, 2009 8:23 PM  
Anonymous Catering Supplies said...

Surely energy use is highly relevant, the energy production process by nature creates large amounts of CO2. I think the carbon footprint is only part of the picture. That said however, i believe the campaign is encouraging people to use their existing ceramic mugs rather than buy one especially for this purpose. To this end it seems like a good decision.


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