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Starbucks opens store made from recycled shipping containers

...It's just too bad it's a Starbuck's and they won't ever get a dime from me. I'm still glad to see any business trying to become sustainable, though. Maybe, if they convert all 17,000 stores, I'll consider letting go of my boycott of them.

They needed 4 containers and you can't even go inside? Looks like they stuffed the Starbucks into a 1/2 container and the others are empty. That doesn't seem like an efficient use of space or material. Thumbs up on the idea, thumbs down on the implementation.

The next step should be to airlift prefab container-based stores (Starboxes) to seasonal locations that can't support full-year stores because of weather. Starbox in Maine for the summer; in Florida for the winter.

Lerdsin Hospital in Bangkok closed the carpark and installed containers to cater for their patients.

Link:

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