I love a quick cup of good coffee in the morning and our Nespresso turns on daily as we get our kid ready for the day.
A recent study found that two-thirds of Canadians have one cup of coffee per day and that 25% of those cups are single-serve cups. The negative side of efficiency is that those single serve cups commonly are made of hard-to-recycle materials that end up within landfills: Recent research from a study within the UK found that close to 300,000 coffee pods globally end up in landfills every month and will take a minimum of 500 years to break down.
The question this poses for consumers is: how can they be eco-conscious when they also value convenience? Nespresso is an eco-conscious brand that utilizes coffee capsules that are made with infinitely recyclable aluminium. Capsules are designed to protect the quality of the coffee and ensure recyclability.
To promote convenience for consumers, Nespresso has developed facilities where capsule recycling takes place to provide a practical pathway for circular solutions. Their recycling program makes it easy for consumers to send their used capsules back to be repurposed into various objects such as pens, bikes, and even new capsules. Building this infrastructure has allowed for consumers to have convenience every step of the way through their sustainable consumption of Nespresso coffee.
I’ve send a lot of bags through Canada Post and glad the capsules are being recycled.
