March 14, 2011
Cate Smith, Director/Executive Chef
Paper Coffee Cups…and the beauty of an Ugly Mug.
- In 2006, Americans used and threw away an estimated 16 billion disposable coffee cups.
- Production of these cups consumed 6.5 million trees, created 253 million pounds of solid waste, sucked up 4 billion gallons of water, and used more than 4.8 billion BTUs of energy - enough to power 53,000 homes for a year.
Adapted from Myra Goodman, author of Food to Live By and The Earth Bound Cook
