Starbucks wastes water

I don't have the stomach to hear about "much-needed rain" in a place like Cincinnati when Starbucks leaves its water running nonstop.

Although Starbucks likes to talk about its environmentally friendly practices, it's now been revealed that the worldwide chain of coffee shops wastes 6,000,000 gallons of water each day. This wastage is accomplished by leaving the faucets running constantly - literally 100% of the time (except when a store closes each night).

Starbucks claims this is standard industry practice. But the 6,000,000 gallons it squanders each day would be enough to serve the entire population of the drought-stricken country of Namibia.

And when we say Namibia has a drought, we mean it's a drought. In my area, everyone thinks it's a drought if it goes a day without raining. But in Namibia, a drought is a real drought.

The world is running out of freshwater, yet Starbucks pretends as if there's no crisis.

(Source: http://www.wgy.com/cc-common/seasonal/gogreen/sub.html?feed=104764&article=4364172&lc=green)