# To celebrate Earth Day, Starbucks will fill your coffee container for FREE

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-celebrate-earth-day-starbucks-will-fill-your-coffee-container-for-free/579364>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 22, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-celebrate-earth-day-starbucks-will-fill-your-coffee-container-for-free/579364 "2011-04-22T15:36:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-celebrate-earth-day-starbucks-will-fill-your-coffee-container-for-free/579364/1 "2011-04-22T15:36:04Z")

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Just bring your continer in. Like the massive one 7-eleven gave me first time I walked in with a full cast on my arm!

They’re just not advertising it. Fortunately, I heard about it on 1010WINS news.

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-celebrate-earth-day-starbucks-will-fill-your-coffee-container-for-free/579364/2 "2011-04-22T16:40:02Z")

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That’s interesting and cool. Is it a national thing or just something local? I would think a lot more people would be talking about this and I haven’t herd a werd.

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-celebrate-earth-day-starbucks-will-fill-your-coffee-container-for-free/579364/3 "2011-04-22T17:02:12Z")

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> [@rachelellogram](#):
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> That’s interesting and cool. Is it a national thing or just something local? I would think a lot more people would be talking about this and I haven’t herd a werd.

Far as I have heard, it’s national.

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**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-celebrate-earth-day-starbucks-will-fill-your-coffee-container-for-free/579364/4 "2011-04-22T18:33:17Z")

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What will they fill it with?

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**Author:** ![heathen\_earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/13edae/32.png) [@heathen\_earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heathen_earthling)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-celebrate-earth-day-starbucks-will-fill-your-coffee-container-for-free/579364/5 "2011-04-22T18:40:19Z")

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> [@Mahaloth](#):
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> Far as I have heard, it’s national.

Actually, it seems to be international. At least, I can find sites from the US and Canada that mention it.