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Woo

Joined: 19 Sep 2011
Posts: 787
Location: Mayenne, Pays de Loire

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 16 10:45 am Post subject:

Green Rosie wrote:

Woo wrote:

I liked the idea of the discount for bringing your own cup!
instead of calling your name they could call, "chipped snoopy!"

I posted how unhappy I was about the cups not being recyclable on Costa and Starbucks FB pages. No reply from Starbucks but Costa gave me some corporate blurb about how they are looking to make them recyclable at some time in the future and offered the "bring your own" discount. Interestingly, when I asked what their time-scale was for making the cups recyclable and how many people actually brought their own cup all I got was deadly silence.

sadly they don't seem to care. luckily we still do.
good work Green warrior Rosie!

yummersetter

Joined: 26 Jan 2008
Posts: 3241
Location: Somerset

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 16 10:58 am Post subject:
Oh, I'd go for the 'Bring Your Own Cup' discount. If only their coffee didn't taste like fag ends steeped in dishwater.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 16 11:19 am Post subject:

yummersetter wrote:

Oh, I'd go for the 'Bring Your Own Cup' discount.

If only their coffee didn't taste like fag ends steeped in dishwater.

Exactly but it would appear far too many people think that it what coffee should taste like.

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 16 11:55 am Post subject:

From Costa's website:

Quote:

Our Cups

At Costa we are truly passionate about our iconic takeaway cup. Our paper cups come from card made of sustainable wood pulp from forests in northern Europe. Our cups are recyclable, but we�re working hard to ensure more are recovered and recycled.

Errrmmm - is that not a touch misleading bearing in mind how few get to the specialist recycling plant? ... there is a link that takes you to another page that spouts more corporate waffle:

Quote:

We know you, our customers, are concerned. We are too. It�s a complex issue which requires the support of other coffee shops, manufacturers, waste companies, local authorities and customers. That�s why we�ve partnered with Sheffield University to help us further understand industry-wide issues and create solutions based on facts and research.

You might have also seen that we�ve been trialling a number of in-store recycling trials, customer awareness programmes and behind the scenes some waste disposal programmes. However, until we are satisfied that more of our takeaway cups are being recycled we have removed the recycling symbol from our cups.

So Costa blame everyone else for the fact they are part of a huge waste problem ad I wait with bated breath to see what the outcome of the work with Sheffield Uni might be.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 16 1:01 pm Post subject:

for the price of a couple of cups of coffee from a takeaway coffee shop you can get a bag of locally roasted,ethically sourced grounds that will make 20+ cups

heating water to 90c isnt that tricky.

some one use disposable things are a good idea , medical kit springs to mind but some are just daft and even a bit annoying when they come with added greenwashing .

as a slight aside a good knife will last almost for ever (green) , stanley knife blades which are perfect for some jobs will last for ages if resharpened (greenish) but the snap off ones are the proper tool for paper hanging (not so greenish) so i'm not entirely one sided on such matters.

i really dont have much liking for one purpose gadgets that require expensive/high waste replacement bits.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 16 1:05 pm Post subject:
Don`t they still sell Thermos`s anymore?

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 16 1:09 pm Post subject:
they are available in breaking glass or "cockroach" stainless steel, those can survive an 1100ft fall down a mountain (i know that cos i had rather enjoyed the soup before they descended to recover it ) we have a few for tea,coffee,sand eels etc

pollyanna

Joined: 03 Nov 2012
Posts: 221

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 16 2:03 pm Post subject:
The few times I have had to have Costa Coffee the liquid has been disgusting and bears little resemblance to coffee, so it will be no penance to avoid it in future. At Our local hospital they got rid of the lovely ladies and there is a Costa in their place. Not an improvement!!

Green Rosie

Joined: 13 May 2007
Posts: 10498
Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 16 2:09 pm Post subject:

pollyanna wrote:

The few times I have had to have Costa Coffee the liquid has been disgusting and bears little resemblance to coffee, so it will be no penance to avoid it in future. At Our local hospital they got rid of the lovely ladies and there is a Costa in their place. Not an improvement!!

I have only ever had one Costa coffee - like you say Pollyanna, it bore little resemblance to coffee although the lingering vile taste and caffeine did keep me awake.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8916
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 16 11:56 am Post subject:
The Costa franchises are so variable. They CAN produce a good cup of coffee..but having been given a bag of said company's beans...they could be working with something better

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