Java Fix

Is our pint sized quick Java fix killing the environment?

In 2018 Keurig alone sold close to 10 billion K-Cups.  According to USA Today, over 40 percent of Americans use coffee pods.  These plastic pods are difficult to recycle so they end up in landfills.  In 2014 there were enough coffee pods buried in landfills  to go around the Earth 10.5 times. Plastic waste is an even bigger problem in 2019.  

“Some cities around the globe began banning K-Cups entirely, due to the product's recycle-resistant nature”

Will using refillable pods make a difference?

Read USA article Here

Marisa Palmer: Nespresso is the first single-serve coffee company to develop a facility dedicated to recycling their own coffee pods. Why? Because we have a coffee pod recycling problem.

Read Business Insider article Here

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