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One Cup O’ Joe: Large with cream, one sugar.

One Cup O’ Joe: Large with cream, one sugar. Recognizing personal consumption and its’ impact on our environment. By Ms. Bartelloni. It’s a pattern I have developed. Every work morning, I wake up groggy. Stop by my local coffee shop. And order a…. Large with cream, one sugar, please.

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One Cup O’ Joe: Large with cream, one sugar.

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  1. One Cup O’ Joe: Large with cream, one sugar. Recognizing personal consumption and its’ impact on our environment. By Ms. Bartelloni

  2. It’s a pattern I have developed.

  3. Every work morning, I wake up groggy.

  4. Stop by my local coffee shop

  5. And order a…

  6. Large with cream, one sugar, please.

  7. But recently, I started thinking…

  8. That’s one cup per work day

  9. 5 work days in a week

  10. After a while, this all adds up!

  11. That’s a lot of Joe!

  12. That’s a lot of Styrofoam!

  13. Potentially, I alone consume 260styrofoam cups in a year!

  14. What happens to all that styrofoam when I throw out my empty Cup o’ Joe? ? ? ?

  15. Online Database Research Revealed • Styrofoam can disrupt hormone functions and cause low platelet counts, chromosome and lymphatic abnormalities, and create neurotoxic effects, which can lead to fatigue, insomnia and other diseases associated with the nervous system.

  16. Online Database Research Revealed • According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “Even 500 years from now, the foam coffee cup you used this morning will be sitting in a landfill.”

  17. Online Database Research Revealed • Purchasing one cup of coffee a day can produce 22.75 pounds of waste per year.

  18. There must be something I can do! I have to do something to cut back my personal Styrofoam consumption!

  19. But what? ? ? ?

  20. Here it is! I know what I can do to cut back on Styrofoam consumption while still enjoying a Cup o’ Joe!

  21. By filling up a reusable container: • I save money for my local coffee shop and myself. • I put to use something I already had and • I cut back on my personal Styrofoam consumption!

  22. Cheers to living Styrofoam free… Well, at least in the morning with my daily Cup o’ Joe!

  23. Resources • THE THROWAWAY GENERATION: 25 Billion • Styrofoam Cups a Year By: Dineen, Shauna, E - • The Environmental Magazine, 10468021, Nov/ • Dec2005, Vol. 16, Issue 6, Database: Middle • Search Plus • • Ditch Styrofoam by Katie Callaway: Teen Ink; • Feb2006, Vol. 17 Issue 6, p39-39, 1/3p, Database: • MAS Ultra - School Edition • Polystyrene & Fast Food Packaging Waste: Californians against waste, http://www.cawrecycles. org/issues/polystyrene_main

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