• Tekchip@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I hate typing this because it gives Nestle the slightest shred of credit. Their pods are aluminum and recyclable. Keurig k-cups started off as non-recyclable plastic but have now switched to some kind of, apparently, recyclable plastic…supposedly. Doesn’t make the use of pods much better but it’s not nothing.

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      1 year ago

      Aren’t you supposed to rip off the top, empty out the coffee into your compost/garbage, and then recycle the pod? Or you can drop them off at a store where they sit for a couple day until the coffee starts to rot and the whole thing gets shipped to Nespresso where they probably throw it in a a landfill.

      • Prizephitah@feddit.nu
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        1 year ago

        The aluminum cups can simply be melted down. The used coffee grounds will simply burn off in the process.