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Starbucks 'wasting 23 million litres of water a day'

Mon Oct 06 10:06AM

Starbucks has today been accused of wasting more than 23 million litres of water every day.

The coffee chain, which prides itself on being green, has a health and safety policy of leaving taps running in all of its 10,000 branches worldwide it has been revealed today.

The company policy prohibits staff from turning off a cold tap behind the counter called a 'dipper well'.

This means that Starbucks is wasting roughly 23.4 million litres of water on a daily basis. That's enough water to quench the thirst of the entire population of drought-stricken Namibia.

In Britain where there are just fewer than 700 branches of the coffee shop, 1.6 million litres are wasted every day.

Starbucks bosses claim that the flow of water stops germs from festering in the taps.

Peter Robinson of environmental charity Waste Water told The Sun: "Leaving taps running all day is a shocking waste of precious water. And to claim you are doing it for health and safety reasons is bonkers."

You can read the full exclusive story from The Sun by clicking here.

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I will never visit one of there places ever again ! What a pathetic excuse and i bet the bosses of the chain don't do that at home.

From craig_neild on Mon Oct 06 12:34PM
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How do we allow these idiots like the management of Starbucks to get into places of authority.

From malcjhos49 on Mon Oct 06 12:35PM
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what a complete waste!

From crazyaboutmagazines on Mon Oct 06 12:35PM
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typical we should force them out of the country. maybe they could set up shop in the Namibia!!! no more thirsty people there then!... pathetic you won't see me in a starbucks ever!... endarkin uk

From endarkin on Mon Oct 06 12:35PM
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I love coffe =]

From natespeed84 on Mon Oct 06 12:35PM
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DISGUSTING - BOYCOTT THEM - I DON'T USE EM ANYWAY

From danks_pete on Mon Oct 06 12:35PM
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Water regulators should put an end to this squandering of the water resources
which the British people need. It is alarming that Starbucks don't care about
wasting our precious waters while millions of people live in droughts in Africa!!

From noureddinemiladi on Mon Oct 06 12:35PM
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is someone going to open a facebook on how mwny people can we get to boycott starbucks ??????

From shelleylouisesmith on Mon Oct 06 12:36PM
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Absolutley mad!!! Hospitals dont leave their taps because of germs. Why should starbucks???!!!

From jonick0 on Mon Oct 06 12:36PM
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damn right , hard to believe this sort of corporate stupidty can still fester away in a modern world. and hpiracing3310 is right irrespectrive of how you feel about any war . Our soldiers aren't asked for an opinion of the rights and wrongs of a conflict they just go and do their job.
SCREW STARBUCKS

From davidcomey on Mon Oct 06 12:36PM
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