Each year, coffee companies like Keurig and Nespresso produce almost 50 billion single-serve coffee pods, which are notoriously difficult to recycle. Keurig even says so on its labels. Club Coffee in Canada uses a different approach, making a compostable K-Cup alternative, the PurPod100, out of coffee waste. We also asked a coffee expert: What’s the most convenient way to brew with the least amount of waste?
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00:00 – 50 Billion Pod Problem
01:01 – Keurig’s K-Cups
02:05 – Making A Compostable Coffee Pod
02:43 – Roasting Coffee Waste
02:53 – Plastic From Coffee Waste
04:40 – Keurig’s Recycling Issues
05:11 – The Waste Wiki Project
06:57 – Injection-Molding Coffee Plastic
07:50 – Making A Compostable Pod
08:48 – Industrial Composting
09:37 – Keurig’s K-Rounds
09:52 – Nespresso’s Aluminum Pods
10:47 – Nespresso’s NYC Recycling
12:04 – Lance Hedrick’s Coffee Solutions
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