On April 22, 2010, at Main Street Coffee and Tea in Franklin, NC join the Little Tennessee Watershed Association (LTWA) as we celebrate the 40^th anniversary of Earth Day .

Main Street Coffee and Tea is located at 26 E. Main in downtown Franklin.  Owner Sandy Pantaleo proudly serves organic, shade grown fair trade coffee provided by Counter Culture - another great team for a healthy environment. 

For this Earth Day event, thanks to the generous donation of Main Street Coffee, Sandy will give free house coffee to anyone who brings in or purchases a re-usable mug – one more way to lighten the landfill load. 

LTWA will be supporting this effort to reduce waste with the sale of their re-usable coffee mugs that feature a stainless steel lining to keep your coffee hot and LTWA’s river otter logo designed by local wildlife artist John Sill.

Here are some eye-opening facts about disposable coffee cups:

• ­Disposable paper coffee cups aren’t made from recycled paper.  Instead, most cups are manufactured using 100% bleached virgin paperboard.

• ­In 2006, it is estimated that paper cups accounted for 252 million pounds of garbage resting in landfills.  Paper cups used in 2006 also accounted for 4 billion gallons of water wasted, 6.5 million trees cut down, and 4,884 billion BTU’s of energy used.

• ­According to Starbucks, if 50 customers at each location used reusable mugs, we would save 150,000 cups per day, reducing waste by 1.7 million pounds of paper per year!