–Each year, over 500bn cups of coffee are consumed worldwide.
–In the USA, yearly, the amount of wasted paper cups can fill 6,000 Olympic sized swimming pools.
–This means over 4,000,000,000 lbs. of Co2 is emitted.
–6,500,000 trees are needed to produce the required number of cups.
–1,600,000 lbs. of plastic is needed for the lids, the type of plastic used is not bio-degradable.
–Over 2.5 billion cups a year are disposed of in the UK alone.
–Sadly, out of 50 countries with the highest deforestation rates, 37 of which are coffee producers.
–UK based statistics aren’t any prettier than US data, studies show on average total of 4,491,179 tonnes of Co2 are emitted each year, this means every day we spew out 12,304.6 tonnes just from our coffee consumption.
–The store Starbucks reported that they had a carbon footprint of 1,087,723 metric tonnes. That’s equivalent to the rate of nearly 100,000 homes energy use in a year.
–In the US, 14.4bn cups of coffee are sold in paper cups every year, majority of which are not even recycled.
FINACIAL DATA
–The average coffee drinker will spend around £110 on coffee alone,
–The tax avoidance scandal was exposed during winter 2011, Starbucks being one of the main culprits, with its total 793 UK stores avoiding £1.2bn in taxes.
–90% of coffee production takes place n developing countries.
–Finland actually comes 1st for most consumption per capita.
–Starbucks happens to be the 3rd largest restaurant chain in the US, and is still rapidly expanding elsewhere.
–Coffee leaf rust is actually causing a crisis within the production of Arabica beans primarily in South America, where about 67% of all the words coffee is grown.
–Coffee consumption has rocketed by 700% in the last 10 years, much of which is fueled by supply and demand, trends and simply by the fact you can find a coffee shop on just about every street corner.
–Unfortunately, only 10% of profits made go to growers, 25% to retailers, 10% to exporters and a whopping 55% to shippers and roasters.
–Today, a cup will cost you about £2.20.
–The average coffee drinker will spend around £110 on coffee alone,
–The tax avoidance scandal was exposed during winter 2011, Starbucks being one of the main culprits, with its total 793 UK stores avoiding £1.2bn in taxes.
–90% of coffee production takes place n developing countries.
–Finland actually comes 1st for most consumption per capita.
–Starbucks happens to be the 3rd largest restaurant chain in the US, and is still rapidly expanding elsewhere.
–Coffee leaf rust is actually causing a crisis within the production of Arabica beans primarily in South America, where about 67% of all the words coffee is grown.
–Coffee consumption has rocketed by 700% in the last 10 years, much of which is fueled by supply and demand, trends and simply by the fact you can find a coffee shop on just about every street corner.
–Unfortunately, only 10% of profits made go to growers, 25% to retailers, 10% to exporters and a whopping 55% to shippers and roasters.
–Today, a cup will cost you about £2.20.
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