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    Starbucks to use biorefineries to recycle waste food and coffee grinds into detergent and plastic!

    Posted on August 29, 2012 by gavril

    Starbucks has just come up with an innovative way to put to use all the stale food and coffee grinds it generates on a daily basis in Hong Kong, recycling it all into laundry detergent! Using a biorefinery that essentially … Continue reading3 →

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    Starbucks joins campaign to promote use of mugs instead of disposable cups in Korea

    Posted on June 2, 2011 by gavril

    Starbucks has gotten itself involved in some pretty green initiatives before in an attempt to decrease the amount to of waste plastic cups it produces on an annual basis. The caffeinated chain has gone on a cup-saving spree, promoting the … Continue reading3 →

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    Starbucks to recycle and reuse coffee cups in 2011

    Posted on December 1, 2010 by gavril

    The next time you probably sip your steaming hot caffeine soaked beverage out of a Starbucks cup, it might just be a recycled one! The firm is planning to go down hard on recycling, and is planning to recycle old … Continue reading3 →

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    A chair with seats upholstered from Starbucks’ recycled coffee sacks

    Posted on October 14, 2010 by kamakshi

    Have you ever wondered what Starbucks would do with all the packaging material that gets left behind after all the goods have bee sold? I’m sure you haven’t, but The Formary, a New Zealand-based design company not just wondered but … Continue reading3 →

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    Starbucks unveils its eco-friendly and tailor made stores

    Posted on July 22, 2009 by anoop

    I don’t know, it might be the recession that is making Starbucks open fewer stores than before but the ones that they open, have to be environmentally friendly and also it should be made from locally available materials and should … Continue reading3 →

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