Starbucks 'recycle' concept suits them down to the ground
- Published: 27 Aug 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Life
You could say it's bean a long time coming, but Starbucks Coffee Thailand has come up with a way of putting coffee grounds to good use.
Starbucks store at Megabangna is the first ‘‘recycle’’ concept store using furniture made from recycled coffee grounds.
Well-known Thai architect and eco designer, Asst Prof Dr Singh Intrachooto of Kasetsart University's Faculty of Architecture, has recycled coffee grounds into the furniture in the Starbucks at Megabangna. The furniture is part of the company's latest green project called "Recycled Coffee Grounds Furniture".
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