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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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waste not want not

From annmariepotts on Tue Oct 07 07:47AM
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That's just... argh! there isn't even a word that describes how utterly stupid, inconsiderate, and unbelieveable this is! Their 'mother earth logo' is clearly just a marketing ploy and their brainless management who puts this down the Health & Safety should be sacked. We don't leave our taps running and we don't get germs so what makes bloody Starbucks any different. *annoyed*

From emma.coppin on Tue Oct 07 08:25AM
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Trade Description action should be taken against Starbucks. That's not coffee yhry sell!

From sueandmikeathome on Tue Oct 07 08:40AM
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I will never buy from Starbucks again

From mr_bishiuk on Tue Oct 07 08:48AM
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Don't waste your time commenting here. Send a comment to Starbucks (ukinfo@starbucks.com), they may get the message.

From peter.naylor1 on Tue Oct 07 09:00AM
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Re 'Put them on water meters' - They probably are already on water meters - most commercail companies are. It doesnt really matter how they get billed for their water useage - the cost will still be passed on to their customers. Why do you think the coffe is already so expensive?

From jay.naylor1 on Tue Oct 07 09:26AM
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Got to say I dont like the coffee and it gets cold really quickly. Personally I love Macdonalds!!

From helen.coombe1 on Tue Oct 07 09:37AM
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Drink tea for the love of God
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=O5jTXdiBwas

From trier_jakob on Tue Oct 07 10:27AM
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Well...after reading this about starbucks i'm disgusted too and yep! No starbucks for me my family and friends. sod them off!!!

From sugbaja on Tue Oct 07 10:38AM
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like i always tell my friends. STARBUCKS is the STAR for ripping BUCKS out from ya pockets!

From patrick_chai989 on Tue Oct 07 01:01PM
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