Calling out a certain fast food chain - STOP wasting cups!
Not sure what inspired a certain fast food chain on Broad Street to start giving customers new cups with every refill, but it's extremely wasteful. Doesn't seem to be a problem for any of the other businesses on the same street nor other locations of the same chain. Someone commented that it's because their soda fountain is behind the counter - so it's a germ thing - but the fountain at the competition down the road is also behind the counter and they don't seem to have the same issue.
The only excuses to be heard are:
A) it's required by the city - which is obviously not true because no one else does it.
B) it's required by the home office of the chain - which is also obviously not true because they do not practice this at all locations of this chain.
Probably 50% of their dine in customers get refills, meaning they have added 50% more paper cup usage to their dine in cost and to the trash can! I suppose we should all be grateful that they are not using Styrofoam cups but it's still ridiculous. The owner must simply like creating needless waste and throwing money away.
The only excuses to be heard are:
A) it's required by the city - which is obviously not true because no one else does it.
B) it's required by the home office of the chain - which is also obviously not true because they do not practice this at all locations of this chain.
Probably 50% of their dine in customers get refills, meaning they have added 50% more paper cup usage to their dine in cost and to the trash can! I suppose we should all be grateful that they are not using Styrofoam cups but it's still ridiculous. The owner must simply like creating needless waste and throwing money away.
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Comment by River City Recycling on August 5, 2009 at 2:26pm -
Don't be scared. Start naming names!
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Comment by Loop Studios on August 5, 2009 at 7:25pm -
I think the original complaint was about the fact that they are creating double or more waste by giving each person a new cup with every refill, not even the fact that it's not recycled.
I thought at one time about seeing if there was interest in a city wide reusable cup. A program where environmentally conscious restaurants would offer these cups for sale that could be used at any supporting restaurant in town. It would save them money because they wouldn't have to buy as many disposable cups, plus they could make a bit from the sale of the reusable cup. The problem is that it removes their branding on the cup and therefore future sales.I suppose you could let every company brand the cups they sell and let them become mixed up - not sure how they would feel about that. You also have chain company policy to deal with.
It would be nice to see someone like Coke go to this instead of distributing paper cups to everyone. Use this cup anywhere Coke is served.
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