Wednesday, April 22, 2009

It's Earth Day! Start brewing at home!

"In 2005, Americans used and discarded 14.4 billion disposable paper cups for hot beverages. If put end-to-end, those cups would circle the earth 55 times. Based on anticipated growth of specialty coffees, that number will grow to 23 Billion by 2010-enough to circle the globe 88 times. Based on hot cup usage in 2005, the petrochemicals used in the manufacture of those cups could have heated 8,300 homes for one year."

http://www.metaefficient.com/bioplastics/innovation-biodegradeable-coffee-cups.html

Check out the site to find other ways to become more earth friendly this year.

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