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Get free stuff—it’s Earth Day

By Karon Liu

| April 22, 2009

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Today Starbucks is giving free coffee to customers who bring in their own travel mugs—not because McDonald’s is giving away free coffee for the next two weeks or anything. And for those milling about Yonge-Dundas Square, more than 3,000 Brita water filters will be handed out throughout the afternoon.

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