Going Green!

There are many things that I've learned about Starbucks this semester that I have found really interesting. Starbucks has made an enormous effort towards reducing wastes and helping out the environment. Over the years Starbucks has progressively made new technology to reduce the wast of natural resources. For example, a few years back they came out with cup sleeves so that people would not double stack cups in order to prevent burning their hands from the hot coffee. Their latest invention was a cup made up of recycled waste from their own product. It also was thick enough so that customers would not even need cup sleeves. If you look on their main website under their "Responsibilities" column you can find all of their latests techniques for going green. They will even show you a timeline of how their technology has improved over the years and the percentage of wastes prevented. They also list their future goals and ideas for the direction they plan on heading in. You can obviously tell that that they have spent a lot of time and money in moving towards an overall greener image. Not only will you find out about Starbucks strive to become a greener company under their "Responsibilities" heading on their website, you will also find out  coffee shop trying to better the community by offering scholarships, random outreach projects, and loads of charitable donations.