Starbucks Korea said on the 21st that it donated eco-friendly coffee compost to young farms nationwide.
According to Starbucks Korea that day, it donated 10,000 sacks (200 tons) of eco-friendly coffee compost to 21 outstanding young farms in 17 regions nationwide selected by the Korea Agency of Education, Promotion and Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery (EPIS).
To that end, on the 16th, Starbucks invited young farms benefiting from the compost support, EPIS, and officials from the Korea Zero Waste Movement Network to hold a coffee compost support ceremony at the Starbucks Korea Support Center in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul.
The young farms receiving the coffee compost this time are distributed across the country, including Gyeonggi Province (Pyeongtaek), Gangwon Province (Taebaek), North Chungcheong Province (Goesan, Chungju), South Chungcheong Province (Yesan, Dangjin), South Jeolla Province (Gangjin, Naju, Goheung), North Gyeongsang Province (Gyeongsan, Gimcheon, Sangju, Yeongju), South Gyeongsang Province (Gimhae, Hadong, Geochang), and Busan, and they cultivate a variety of local specialty products such as rice, as well as soybeans and sesame, napa cabbage, apples, pears, peaches, tomatoes, peaches, strawberries, yuzu, blueberries, grapes, and plums.
Since 2015, Starbucks has partnered with Gyeonggi Province to promote agricultural product consumption and resource recycling, reusing coffee grounds generated in stores as eco-friendly coffee compost and delivering it to farms in Korea.
Over the past 11 years, the coffee compost Starbucks has delivered free of charge to local farms totals about 288,000 sacks, equivalent to about 1.1 billion won. Through this, it continues activities for a circular resource economy and mutual growth with local farms.