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  1. Okay,
  2. so the next part of our project was the Living principles analysis and we
  3. selected four environmental sections on the living
  4. principles analysis that our solution improved upon.
  5. Um So the first of these is the creation process
  6. and our solution would significantly reduce
  7. resource usage in the creation process.
  8. One big issue for Starbucks in the creation process is deforestation.
  9. Um So one million trees are cut down every year to make Starbucks cups,
  10. even though our plan would require initial resource usage
  11. to make cups that are durable and long lasting,
  12. the number of trees used for this initial investment would pale in comparison.
  13. Um So the next section we focused on is behaviors
  14. at every single order in a closed system,
  15. consumers will be prompted whether to make an environmental choice or not,
  16. which we think is very important.
  17. And even if someone does make the choice to use a non reusable cup,
  18. it will still be compostable with our plan.
  19. Um So an environmental decision can still be made
  20. even if someone chooses the non reusable options.
  21. Um
  22. So the next section we focused on
  23. is durability.
  24. Um most estimates we found state that reusable cups
  25. last over 500 uses,
  26. which would be about a year of durability considering cups in
  27. our system would be used once or twice a day.
  28. Um This is simply a huge improvement over
  29. single use plastics which last um One usage.
  30. Um In the last section we focused on is waste and the difference
  31. between waste with our solution versus current practice just can't be overstated.
  32. As long as non reusable users properly dispose of their items and compost.
  33. There will be little waist with our solution.