I love the idea to re-launch grounds for your garden!

Thanks for this information. It looks like we have a fcility close to our location. It would be rgeat to get our plaza maangement to work with this company! However, our county facility is so good about recylcing (they are still ranked about #6 in the US) that I would hate to take away some of their supply. What are your thoughts?

Hi everyone.  I wanted to add on to the conversation.  My name is Stacey and I’m on the team that is responsible for waste removal for our North American stores.  I love how everyone is looking for ways to beef up recycling.  Just want to ensure we’re all on the same page about a couple of things.

Front of House Recycling for Customers:  We know many stores are anxious to provide this service and we need you to wait.   There is a Front of House Recycling Program team working hard to bring customer recycling to all of our stores by 2015.  A strategic roadmap and launch calendar have been developed and we really need stores to refrain from setting up their own program and to wait until their scheduled launch time.  There is a lot of research and alignment that occurs before a bin is ever placed at a store because what is accepted for recycling varies from store to store, area to area, and from home to businesses (stores).  Additionally, we only order enough bins for our official launches and if unscheduled stores order them, it puts us a risk for not having enough bins.  Uniformity is also important.   Having the same bin type, the same graphic style, the same look and feel will go a long way in eliminating customer confusion.  We really appreciate you honoring this as it will allow us to develop the most uniform program possible across all our stores.  Your patience will be rewarded with an amazing program!   

Behind The Counter/Back Of House Recycling  We encourage partners to maximize their behind the counter recycling as much as possible since this where most of our waste is generated.  And most of it can indeed be recycled, assuming local services are available.  We ask that you do not call a recycling vendor directly (and never ever sign anything!) or our waste consultant, but rather call the one place you're used to calling anyway...the Facility Contact Center (FCC) at 877-SBUX-FIX.

• If you don’t have BOH recycling and you want it – tell them that you’re calling about recycling, that your store currently does not have recycling service and you want to have it set up.  A work order will be created and assigned to either the landlord or our waste consultant to handle, whoever provides your trash service.    If your landlord provides trash service but won’t set up recycling, seek out your facility services manager for assistance.  If they can’t get the landlord to set up recycling, they should call in a new work order to be assigned to our waste consultant who will work to set up recycling exclusively for your store.  It’s important to always try have the landlord set it up first, though, because it will have greater environmental impact since other tenants can also use the service, but just as important, it will cost less, helping your store P&L.   
• If you have BOH recycling and want to make it better – tell the FCC that you’re calling about your recycling, that you want to make sure you are recycling as much as possible and would like a complete list of the items accepted for recycling.  The work order will be created and assigned to whoever provides your service.

At the end of FY11 79% of our stores were recycling at least one item back of house, mainly cardboard.  With conversatons like this, hopefully at the end of FY12 we can say mainly cardboard, plastic milk jugs and syrup bottles!  Thanks for all your efforts!   Stacey

Don't you guys have commingled trash dumpster? We can combine the glass, plastic and alluminium all together in one dumpster. Each time I see a can in the trash, I pull it out and recycle. It makes it so much easier. My partners also know what to do with their can if they have a soda etc.

Anna