Are you aware of the capsule coffee waste?

@youless (112091)
Guangzhou, China
June 21, 2021 9:36am CST
I think most of the time I am a person who cares about the environment Last night before I bought the capsule coffee maker, I also searched the information how they deal with the capsule coffee. Although capsule coffee is small and made from aluminum, but it will be a big waste in a long term. Especially today the capsule coffee maker has become much more popular. I am glad to find that Nespresso seems to have two capsule coffee maker stores in my city and I can take the capsules there. But I also found that in Taiwan the customers can send the capsules to Nespresso by freight collect. It will be much more convenient. I suggest Nespresso do more to encourage customers to do something good for the environment
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@JimBo452020 (42639)
• United Kingdom
21 Jun 21
Why not buy Ground Coffee And reusable capsules. Save money, help the environment. Its a bit messy filling them up and washing them out, But I think it is worth trying.
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
21 Jun 21
I looked at the videos about that and it seems the coffee quality can't compare to the real capsule coffee. Besides, the capsule mould is expensive and filling it well is another problem. It may also waste some coffee when I do it. So the cost may not be lower.
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Jun 21
@JimBo452020 That is nice. The price I checked is at least nearly USD10 for one mould and that's quite expensive. You know one mould can't work very well
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@JimBo452020 (42639)
• United Kingdom
21 Jun 21
@youless Capsule moulds here I got were 10 for £2.00. So quite cheap. But they are not as efficient as real capsules and are a real pain if you make a mess.try to fill them. So you are right, cost might not be lower but hassle be higher.
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
22 Jun 21
We have two special containers where to place the coffee capsule, one for those in aluminium and the other for the plastic ones. They are recycled.
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Jun 21
I don't know that there will be plastic capsules.
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
22 Jun 21
@youless Some brands use plastic to make the capsules.
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• United States
22 Jun 21
I wish something else besides plastic could be found that breaks down naturally.
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@porwest (78726)
• United States
23 Jun 21
I find these things terrible for the fact that they are horrible for the environment. Here they are mostly made from plastic, but none of them are really recycled. Not only that but they are horribly expensive. I don't see any value at all in these things.
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
24 Jun 21
I haven't seen plastic capsules here yet. I see the recycle project for the aluminum capsules and I already collected two I will give the company a recycle bag with aluminum capsules when I fill it up.
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Jun 21
@porwest Perhaps I shall send them to you
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@porwest (78726)
• United States
24 Jun 21
@youless If they WERE aluminum here I might start looking for them. We get about 50 cents per pound for aluminum.
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@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
21 Jun 21
Never used the capsule coffee before. But i have had it at offices and businesses. I drink one cup at home every day of instant coffee.
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Jun 21
I only drink one cup of coffee everyday
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@CarolDM (203478)
• Nashville, Tennessee
22 Jun 21
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• India
21 Jun 21
That's interesting and new for us thanks for letting us know
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
21 Jun 21
It seems capsule coffee becomes very popular in USA. I tried it when we travelled there in our hotel.
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• India
21 Jun 21
@youless ok great
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
21 Jun 21
I'm hearing it for the first time. It should be recyclable
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
21 Jun 21
I think Nespresso shall do more because not every customer is like me
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@miftha (1621)
• Bekasi, Indonesia
21 Jun 21
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@prinzcy (32326)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 21
In some places, you can trade in those cups for more coffee.
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Jun 21
This is a nice promotion
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@prashu228 (37524)
• India
21 Jun 21
I am not aware of this , new to me, thanks for the information
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Jun 21
You are welcome!
@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
21 Jun 21
We have an old drip coffee maker that Pretty used once in a great while. (My first wife made me stop drinking coffee because the smell of it brewing made her throw up. I tried drinking coffee a few times since but no longer like the taste.) Pretty looked at a capsule coffee maker but doesn't drink enough coffee to make buying it worth while. I hope you enjoy your new coffee maker.
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
21 Jun 21
In the past when I didn't have a habit to drink coffee, I still thought the coffee smelled great
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@DaddyEvil (137251)
• United States
21 Jun 21
@youless It smells okay to me. I just don't like the taste anymore.
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
21 Jun 21
Is that a recycling service for the capsules? I wonder if they have something like that in the USA. ??
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
21 Jun 21
It seems so but you have to hand in the capsules to the store by yourself. It is a little bit inconvenient. Besides, it seems there are not real benefits for customers to do so. This is why I think Nespresso shall do something to change that. Even if I will be glad to have a little piece of fridge magnet from Nespresso as a reward
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• United States
22 Jun 21
My daughters boyfriend has a reusable capsule and sometimes he puts regular coffee in it. Hopefully more stores will start to collect them.
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
23 Jun 21
Yes, I like the companies which support more for the environment.
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@nzlz123 (6473)
• Indonesia
21 Jun 21
I've never use capsule coffee but thanks for your information
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@youless (112091)
• Guangzhou, China
21 Jun 21
You are welcome