Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Sep 24, 2006, at 7:56 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >>>> FWIW, our local Starbucks saves their used grounds and gives them >>>> away in 10 >>>> pound bags for free, just for this purpose. >>> "Starbucks" and "free" rarely fit in the same sentence. They'll >>> probably fire your local manager if the corporate bosses find out. >> He/she/it is saving commercial waste disposal rates, so will be >> commended. OTOH, it is therefore probably illegal in any country with >> environmental laws of any description. > > Both of the most local Starbux Coffee shops do this too. > > I don't know what would be environmentally unfriendly about it ... > coffee grounds and paper filters compost nicely, better than a lot of > other things. > > Godfrey >
Godfrey, Environmental Laws and Environmentally safe are often at direct odds. Something can be perfectly safe to the environment (Or even beneficial) and be against environmental laws. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
