Starbucks receipts

Today I went to Starbucks before class for a hot chocolate (in my reusable travel mug of course). Whenever I'm there, they ask me if I want my receipt and I always say no. Today I saw a huge pile of receipts on the cash register and I became curious about their fate. When I asked the cashier if they recycled all the receipts he replied, "Unfortunately, we don't." What?! Like it would be so hard to do. I wonder if they even have a recycle bin back there. I have often felt some stores could save a lot of paper by reducing the extra junk they print on the receipts like ads and promotions. Blockbuster is the worst with this. It seems like you get 4 slips of paper for one movie rental. Anyway, seems like both a waste of money and paper. And come on GT Starbucks, just recycle these things! From now on I will be taking my own receipt at least.