Coffee-statistics.com tells us that Americans alone consume 400 million cups of coffee per day — that’s 146 billion cups of coffee per year!
What’s really disturbing is that the US Census tells us that the American population as of 2007 is 301,621,157. 400 million cups per day for 300 million people!
Now, just imagine how many of those drinks are poured into single-use disposable coffee cups. According to Starbucks, if 50 customers at each location used reusable mugs, we would save 150,000 cups per day, reducing waste by 1.7 million pounds of paper per year.
Doing your part is easy – just bring a thermos or a mug to the coffee shop with you. Yale STEP has made it even easier with their stylish new STEP Mug, available for only $5. Contact your college’s STEP coordinator for one now!
April 16, 2008 at 3:17 am
This seems like a really simple solution to an issue that most people probably have no idea about, and probably be fine with changing their lifestyle pattern to bring along a thermos. Another possibility would be to starch-based plastics such as from quick growing crops to replace wax paper cups.
May 2, 2008 at 9:44 pm
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June 11, 2008 at 1:54 am
yeahhh!!!
my latest realization: eating ice cream from a cone! Think of all the ice cream bowls we’re keeping out of the land fills! Yep. It’s a service to our environment!
July 10, 2008 at 11:41 am
good idea and a good excuse to buy the thermos i’ve been eyeing for a while