15th Ave Coffee & Tea

Hey there,

As you may know, at 15th Avenue Coffee & Tea we are dedicated to playing a role in our local community and one means of doing so is to make a positive contribution to our environment. A series of several recent events has allowed us to better manage waste in our coffee house and, with your help, we soon hope to improve our attitudes with respect to recycling, composting and sustainable waste management. Ergo, this week’s blog post is dedicated to informing you, our customers, of our new waste management program and how we can work together to most effectively leave a smaller footprint in our local environment.

Composting

Though it’s something we’ve been doing since day one, we’ve recently introduced a composting bin to our cafe so you too can help us in our composting efforts. Coffee grounds, coffee filters, tea leaves, wooden stir-sticks, food products, sugar packets, pastry bags and our Homegrown sandwich containers are examples of some of the waste items produced in the cafe that can now be disposed of in our compost bin.

Also, for every coffee beverage we make, we dispose of our grounds exclusively in a bin below our espresso machine. Though this bin is emptied into our compost, we’d be happy to scoop the coffee grounds for you, upon request, for your gardening endeavors!

Recycling

As of recently, our hot to-go cups and lids are considered by the city of Seattle as recyclable materials. We can cut-down our waste immensely by remembering to put these items in our cafe recycle bins rather than the garbage bin. As always, additional recyclable materials include newspapers, miscellaneous paper products, cardboard and glass and plastic bottles.

We’re dedicated to running an environmentally sustainable coffee shop  so please direct any questions you may have in regards to our in-store waste management to one of our baristas or, as always, the comment box below. We appreciate your help and support of our locally relevant cafe and hope that, by working together, we can more positively impact our community and our environment.

Thanks and enjoy your holiday weekend,
Amanda