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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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Fit all there shop's with water meter's that will give them a change of policy and if they hit there customer's with the exter's bill's they will lose customer's, problem solved.

From philipcarvell on Mon Oct 06 12:38PM
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion.. I am not pro war, but we are commited to it at the moment, so our troops deserve our full support......... but definately anti-Starbucks Their overpriced caffiene flavoured water is off my menu!

From morseoneuk on Mon Oct 06 12:39PM
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Holy smokes

From liamm13 on Mon Oct 06 12:39PM
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I will NEVER go to Starbucks again,thats for sure........

From debiwoody2000 on Mon Oct 06 12:39PM
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holy smokes

From liamm13 on Mon Oct 06 12:39PM
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i find it incredible that starbucks can make a profit in the UK., what! with the rip off water rates we have here.

From brianamin on Mon Oct 06 12:40PM
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I used to love starbucks but this is just not on!! the water waste is insane!!! I also didn't know about them charging the 9/11 fire fighters for water. I'll definately not spend my money with them anymore. they're bloody expensive anyways!

From butterfly_doughnut on Mon Oct 06 12:40PM
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its herendious to see or even hear of things like this happening today and
what an excus, this is a typical money grabbing company who doesnt care about the rest of the world.
who in the right mind goes to a shop and pays £1.50 for a coffee anyway. its a rip off

From g.plews on Mon Oct 06 12:40PM
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I THINK THE WORLD SHOULD BOYCOTT THEM NOW YES! wonder if there is a peition to be made or done?!

From drlukemccabe on Mon Oct 06 12:41PM
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I had a coffee this morning from Starbucks...now I feel dirty from reading this. It's an absolute disgrace that anyone can justify wasting this much water in just 1 day! In these tough times they should be happy for business so lets take them down...Cafe Nero or Costa all the way!

From gemma_vallance on Mon Oct 06 12:41PM
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