Today Starbucks is giving away free brewed coffee if you bring in your own mug.  I’ve been telling you all for the last year how much better for the environment it would be if you’d bring your own  mug instead of wasting so many trees on paper cups.  Now Starbucks is doing their part to encourage you to do the same. 

Check out this video – this is pretty cool.

I know what many will say – it’s just a marketing ploy – but really, who cares?!  If it encourages only one person to start using a reusable mug every day then they’ve succeeded.  If they make money off doing that then more power to them! 

If you don’t already have a reusable coffee mug, now is the time to invest.  Most coffee shops will give you 10 cents to 50 cents off each time.  Starbucks gives 10 cents off and Argo Tea (here in Chicago) give 50 cents off for using one of their mugs.  I bought an Argo Tea mug a couple of years ago for around $17.  After using it 34 times I already had my $17 back just from Argo – not evening including the 10 cents I saved when bringing it to Starbucks!