Starbucks offers new reusable cup
As a frequent Starbucks visitor I was happy to see that they
are now offering a new, reusable cup as of January 3rd. It costs $1 (not bad at
all!), will fit my grande soy latte (or dirty Chai on a super sleepy, indulgent day), and will shed ten cents off my purchase
every time I use it. Now, I don’t actually have one yet because they sold out
(within ten minutes) at my local store, but I do plan on purchasing one!
This isn’t the first attempt at energy
conservation for the coffee chain. Starbucks switched out their lighting to
LEDs back in 2009; installed Energy Management Systems (EMS) in about 700
company-operated stores across the U.S.; supports renewable power generation with
a goal of purchasing Renewable Energy Credits to equal 100 percent of their
energy consumption by 2015; and continues to search for other ways to cut energy
use to reduce the chain’s environmental impact as well as reduce operating
costs.
Coffee break, anyone?
