How Nespresso & Keurig Spend Millions Trying To Solve Coffee Pod Waste | World Wide Waste

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? MORE WORLD WIDE WASTE VIDEOS: Is Trash The Building Material of The Future? | World Wide Waste | Business Insider How Bad Is The Wind Turbine Trash Problem? And Can We Solve It? | World Wide Waste How Scrappers Cash In On Gold From Your Old Computer | World Wide Waste | Business Insider 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 ------------------------------------------------------ #Coffee #Nespresso #WorldWideWaste #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit our homepage for the top stories of the day: Business Insider on Facebook: Business Insider on Instagram: Business Insider on Twitter: Business Insider on Snapchat: Business Insider on TikTok: @businessinsider How Nespresso & Keurig Spend Millions Trying To Solve Coffee Pod Waste | World Wide Waste