In order to reduce the company’s carbon footprint, a Starbucks in Seattle created an entire store out of old shipping containers. It officially opened in December off Interstate 5 in Tukwila. According to the company’s architect for the the project, Tony Gale III, explains, “We were able to open our minds to the use of very common elements destined for the landfill as structure for a high-quality, drive-thru coffeehouse design — essentially creating an industrial beacon for sustainable thinking.”
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