On Sep 24, 2006, at 11:55 AM, mike wilson wrote: > 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.
I'm quite certain that Starbucks corporate folks would not allow their store managers to offer the "free coffee grounds" service unless it met compliance with existing local regulations, mike. They're reasonably smart people and wouldn't want to be caught in something as foolish as dumping waste illegally in such a visible manner. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
