My Starbucks Idea

I apologize for any inconvenience that i may have caused. i am currently doing an english project on this online community ''My Starbucks Idea" and there are a few more questions i would like to ask everyone involoved in this community and anyone can answer these questions. yours answers are greatly appreciated and will help my english project be successful.

1. What do you think about this website?
2.why is Recycling a big issue for starbucks
3. why does starbucks have to wait all the way unitl 2012 to finally go recyclable.
4.why do u post blogs comments and ideas on this website.
5 how does this website affect you. p.s. ideas and advises are more han welcome. feedbacks will help improve my project.


pechipy 1 10/13/2009 6:58 PM

1. I enjoy this website, but it could definitely use a few improvements.
2. I don't think recycling is a big issue for Starbucks.
3. Not sure, but I'm guessing that there are complications behind it. It probably isn't just as simple as adding recycling bins to the stores.
4. I enjoy it, and I want to help make Starbucks better. Being a twice a day customer, I care about Starbucks.
5. At times, it can detract from other things because I spend too much time here. The site definitely gives me my daily dose of laughter because many of the ideas people post are so ridiculous. Hope this helps.

Melody 10/13/2009 8:05 PM
1. What do you think about this website?
I think this website is a great way to connect with others who care about the Starbucks experience, and a great opportunity for Starbucks to get a general sense of what customers want. There are some flaws with the mechanism, especially since all the old threads that pre-date negative voting have much higher point totals than newer threads. Also the blogs don't get enough visibility & use, and there are too many repeat threads which causes a variety of problems.

2.why is Recycling a big issue for starbucksRecycling is not a big issue just for Starbucks - It's a big issue for any corporation that wants to be responsible with limited earth resources. It's a part of corporate responsibility, and Starbucks is simply part of a larger awareness that it is happening with many companies all over the world.

3. why does starbucks have to wait all the way unitl 2012 to finally go recyclable.
You have been given wrong information in your post. Starbucks has stated that by 2012 all the paper cups will be fully recyclable. Other, easier aspects to recycling are happening now. Here in Seattle, there is already recycling at a number of Starbucks - just not paper cups. The challenge with the paper cups is that right now Starbucks uses a very sturdy cup designed to hold a very hot beverage and not fall apart. The cup has a thin plastic component to it which prevents it from being easily recycled in most cities. Starbucks could just switch to a cheap paper cup, but likely you'd see them following apart with very hot coffee in them. The real problem is not Starbucks, it is customers. There is a great need for customers to use their own tumbler and cut down on using paper cups. The first "r" is REDUCE not Recycle. But most people just want to blame Starbucks for not having a recyclable paper cup, rather than use their own tumbler. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMqH_c1zY_8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlfszjapNb8 The situation is far from perfect. Starbucks needs to speed up getting some of the easier recycle bins into their stores, but I see progress being made here in Seattle.

4.why do u post blogs comments and ideas on this website.Good question! I ask myself the same thing all the time because often I find myself getting angry at things that people write. I came here because I believed that we, together, can make Starbucks better: That collaboration and brain-storming leads to great things. I have doubts at times.

5 how does this website affect you. This website gives me a chance to connect with others who really care about Starbucks. That's the best part of it. It makes me giggle to see the many people who all call themselves "Starbucks number one fan" and I'm humbled to be around others who love Starbucks like I do.Also the "Ideas in Action" area provides a wealth of information that I link to for my own blog that I write (just google starbucks melody).

pechipy 1 10/13/2009 9:30 PM
Those were my thoughts exactly Melody but you said it much better than I did.

jamaican007 10/13/2009 10:52 PM
THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS i am excited to get feedback. this would benefit my project a whole lot. thank you.