Q Talk

[MUO]

I hope that customers will keep the environment in mind when purchasing these coffee makers.  Millions upon millions of these plastic cups in the landfills can't be good.

[tends2dogs]

I don't own this type of coffee maker, but am wondering if perhaps the cups are able to be recycled?

[Bibione]

Nespresso sends customers free bags.You feel them up with empty pods and take it to UPS.

[Johnnyeager]

We get lectured a lot about this, so why not another one.  Scold away!

[AuntG]

All the adult incontinence products worry me. Couldn't a washable alternative be developed? As for coffee pods, I don't use them because I have a reusable filter to hold a Tablespoon of coffee.

[KingstonsMom]

@Bibione 

Nespresso buys coffee from farms that use child labor, working long days for very little money.

It's been in the news lately, you can google for many articles.

[SandySparkles]

@MUO 

Several years ago I switched to a company called SF Bay for my coffee because their pods are compostable. I found them to have a slightly bitter aftertaste, and eventually switched back to traditional coffee pods for Keurig. 

I have a friend that is VERY environmentally conscious, and suggested I just scoop the coffee out, and recycle the cups. I try to do it most of the time now, but I confess to being too lazy sometimes.

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[Pancho]

@MUO 

While I agree with you about hurting our landfills and oceans, what about the millions and millions of baby diapers/baby wipes, water bottles, plastic food containers (milk jugs), plastic straws, soda bottles, grocery store bags, thousands of beauty products in plastic bottles and containers, etc., etc. (I could go on and on) that have been hurting the environment way before coffee pods! 

Don't just call out people who use these coffee makers...

[Alison Wonderland]

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@tends2dogs wrote:

I don't own this type of coffee maker, but am wondering if perhaps the cups are able to be recycled?

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Some are and some are not.

I use reusable cups that I fill with my own coffee. They're super easy to use and I can even prefill them on a Saturday so they're quick to grab on work mornings. Grounds can get dumped in compost and the pod goes into the dishwasher.

In the afternoon, I open the Keurig and stuff two teabags in and pop a plastic cup full of ice under it and make iced tea. The bags go into compost and there's no waste.

[chrystaltree]

They are recyclable if you take the top off and empty the coffee out.  Some restaurants and coffee shops contract with a company that takes their K Cups and processes them.  The coffee goes to farmers for mulch and the other parts get recycled.  A couple of the coffee shops in my town let us drop our used K Cups in the big box they use for that purpose.  Also some of the K Cups that are not Keurigs are indeed recyclable.