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.
There's nothing environmentally unfriendly - it's probably much better than the mandated disposal system for commercial waste that companies sign up to when they get licences for premises that serve food and drink. Local authorities tend to find that, if they don't have mandatory waste disposal systems, the waste gets dumped illegally by some businesses. Starbucks is effectively doing that. Unless it has an exception clause. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
