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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.
Starbucks bosses claim that the flow of water stops germs from festering in the taps.
enough to fill an Olympic swimming pool every 83 minutes or sustain the population of drought-hit Namibia.
In the UK alone, where there are 698 branches open for 13 hours a day, it counts for around 1.63 million litres of water wasted.
It raises questions about the Seattle-based company's much-hyped environmental credentials and will embarrass its legion of celebrity patrons.
Water firms say the policy harms the environment, while hygiene experts dismissed the health and safety-motivated policy as "nonsense" and "bonkers".
Originally posted by Extralien
These are the people to blame..this is why our water is not fit to drink and costing us so much in bills.
This is what we need to stop..
Boycott Starbucks... kick them out of the highstreets...get rid of this insanity that infests these corporates. Bring back some sense of justice.
If this was in a court of law you may very well be charged with crimes against humanity...
As much as a corporation is seen as an individual, it should be charged and treated as such and stand accused and accept its responsibilities.
This is an outrage ... I am so angry at this.
Thousands die every day for lack of a cup of water and Starbucks throws it away in the name of 'health and safety'.
Utterly disgusting.
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Originally posted by Extralien
These are the people to blame..this is why our water is not fit to drink and costing us so much in bills.
Originally posted by theblunttruth
FlyersFan, that doesn't sound nice at all, i wasn't aware coffee was responsible for kidney stones. I might switch to tea lol!
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Originally posted by theblunttruth
FlyersFan, that doesn't sound nice at all, i wasn't aware coffee was responsible for kidney stones. I might switch to tea lol!
Coffee, tea, dark sodas ... they all can contribute to the kind of kidney stones most seen in Americans.
Stay away from tea and iced tea as well as the coffee.
Pepsi and coke as well.
Seriously. Once you've had a kidney stone ... YIKES!
It's the worst pain on the planet.
Bad enough to make one curse the day she was born.
Originally posted by ThichHeaded
And no our bill has nothing to do with them wasting money.. People waste as much money running water uselessly as they do.. They are not the only problem...
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
I never really understood the "wasted water" thing.
Originally posted by thisguyrighthere
I never really understood the "wasted water" thing. It's not like once its been used it's gone. We're drinking water the dinosaurs drank.
Originally posted by 44soulslayer
I blame the litigiousness of American society. If they had no fear of being sued, they wouldn't commit to such a destructive policy.