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to find Nespresso's new recycling process infuriating?

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Sausagenbacon · 14/05/2024 09:56

It used to be that you'd bag the spent capsules up, and they would collect, or you could return them to the store.
My local store has now closed, and the collection system is really difficult to master - I haven't managed it yet.
So, they can paint themselves as environmentally-friendly, but do bugger all.

Plus, they make it difficult/impossible to complain, apart from talking to a robot.

I know this is a 1st world problem, but I felt the need to vent.

OP posts:
Homeymum2 · 14/05/2024 19:04

I'm on team OP
All of you who think "it's so easy... you don't have to print..." bla bla bla

what used to be ONE click now results in me needing to click 12 times and enter my details twice -

Misthios · 14/05/2024 18:39

Lots of people don't have "home compost" though. We don't, we have food waste and things like peelings collected weekly but that is food waste only, we're not supposed to put in things like mussel shells. The garden waste is picked up fortnightly, but again we can't put in things that weren't originally growing. We don't have a compost bin in the garden.

So although there are lots of things marketed as compostable, we can't compost them. We're not in some wee place either, this is a major city.

ginandoreos · 14/05/2024 18:26

How about these. Rainforest Alliance coffee and you can recycle the pods in your home compost. No landfill guilt!

foodylicious.co.uk

It's Eden Project Coffee.

Misthios · 14/05/2024 18:18

Jungfraujoch · 14/05/2024 15:42

It’s very straightforward/ you initiate a collection on the Nespresso site and your postman will collect (you don’t even need to print a label as he brings it. Simple!

Which might suit some people, but not everyone can be in for the window collection time the post office give you.

Jemimapuddleduk · 14/05/2024 17:54

We swapped for a bean to cup for exactly this reason. We were using about 5 pods a day and it felt so wasteful.

Lincslady53 · 14/05/2024 16:07

Sainsburys used to sell the eco press. I got one for £2.50 on clearance a few montgsback, so they may have discontinued them. Even without, they are easy enough to empty with a spoon or knife, grounds on the garden. Rinse the aluminium and in the recycling. I buy L'Or, they often have an offer for a free machine if you buy a load of capsules, and once you are on the system you get regular emails with discounts. Usually 20 or 25% every once in a while 30%.

Jungfraujoch · 14/05/2024 15:42

It’s very straightforward/ you initiate a collection on the Nespresso site and your postman will collect (you don’t even need to print a label as he brings it. Simple!

judgementfail · 14/05/2024 15:38

As anticipated on any Nespresso thread the 'Eugh it's so bad for the environment' claims pop up.
Aluminium is infinitely recyclable. I worked out that the amount of aluminium used in a months worth of Nespresso for two added up to about the equivalent of 3 aluminium cans.
Hardly the environmental crime of the century.

Pusspot · 14/05/2024 15:21

My Morrisons store has a recycling bin for coffee pods.

bruffin · 14/05/2024 15:15

msbevvy · 14/05/2024 14:30

Hotel Chocolat do a pod recycling thingy for less than half the price of the Dualit one

https://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/podcycler.html?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwl4yyBhAgEiwADSEjeBzvROe54S7GdxMXeCDzyaBaxMvD03S2o3t7D7EKRYwUb92fPkqU7xoCaMwQAvD_BwE

Actually i have the Hotel Chocolat one. Boight it with my birthday vouchee you get every year for signing up to HC vip

Misthios · 14/05/2024 15:04

DonnasShrugaleros · 14/05/2024 14:58

That wee dualit gadget is a game changer, glad to see people recommending it. I do wonder if there's something weird going on with nespresso, our store closed and opened as a concession in John Lewis instead. I wonder if the David Beckham adverts took a lot of budget??

I think from our experience - well DP's experience really as he is the biggest drinker of the pods - is that Nespresso is very expensive. He finds the Starbucks pods just as nice if not better, there are also loads of companies like Wonky Coffee, or Kaffekapslen which offer very good prices. So although they have cornered the market on the machines, not so much on the pods.

Also, you don't have to go to a Nespresso shop to get the machine, you can get them anywhere.

bluecomputerscreen · 14/05/2024 15:01

apparently pods are environmentally quite good as there is very little food waste due to the coffee being very measured.

bluecomputerscreen · 14/05/2024 14:58

my parents buy dupes in paper capsules that can go on the compost heap or in the composting/green bin.

DonnasShrugaleros · 14/05/2024 14:58

That wee dualit gadget is a game changer, glad to see people recommending it. I do wonder if there's something weird going on with nespresso, our store closed and opened as a concession in John Lewis instead. I wonder if the David Beckham adverts took a lot of budget??

Misthios · 14/05/2024 14:52

Hadn't seen the Hotel Chocolat one but appears to do the same job of separating the metal from the coffee.

We used to fill the bags for Nespresso but it was a faff and the local drop off shop closed, and as they weren't giving an incentive for returning the pods to them, we just decided to start recycling with the rest of the stuff which goes out each week.

jaundicedoutlook · 14/05/2024 14:51

I'd recommend the Grind Nespresso-compatible pods. They taste significantly better than the Nespresso pods and they are compostable as well.

SinnerBoy · 14/05/2024 14:40

I'm not keen on Nespresso and just use a cafetiere. I was glad to see that they'd done something about the waste, as they had one at a place I worked at a few years ago. It filled an 80 litre bin every week!

SpringBunnies · 14/05/2024 14:32

I'm not sure what you find difficult either. I can drop off at any post office. You don't even need a printer.

Misthios · 14/05/2024 14:25

I could do with one of these but I buy L’Or XL capsules, they’re bigger than the normal Nespresso ones, do you think they would work with it?

Do they fit in a standard Nespresso machine? If so, probably yes

bruffin · 14/05/2024 14:19

Misthios · 14/05/2024 10:10

You need one of these, they're brilliant

https://www.dualit.com/products/ecopress-aluminium-capsule-recycler

it separates the metal from the coffee inside, then you rinse the metal bit and put it in the standard metal recycling bin, the used coffee in the food waste or on the garden.

Ive got one, great stress relief🤣

TipsyKoala · 14/05/2024 14:17

Misthios · 14/05/2024 10:10

You need one of these, they're brilliant

https://www.dualit.com/products/ecopress-aluminium-capsule-recycler

it separates the metal from the coffee inside, then you rinse the metal bit and put it in the standard metal recycling bin, the used coffee in the food waste or on the garden.

I could do with one of these but I buy L’Or XL capsules, they’re bigger than the normal Nespresso ones, do you think they would work with it?

fungipie · 14/05/2024 13:09

Kosenrufugirl · 14/05/2024 10:26

Why wouldn't you buy DeLonghi coffee machine? We had one for years, makes wonderful coffee. Even a small amount of plastic is harmful to the environment. And yes, 1st world does most of pollution while poor countries suffer most from the environment damage (where either recycling or more commonly dumping) takes place

Edited

Yes, we put whole coffee grains of our choice in the machine container, choose the grind grade, water in container and press on small x 1, or small x 2, or large x 1 or 2, or a mix of both. When the coffee grounds container is full, we chuck it in the garden or compost. NO waste at all. And we've had our DeLongi machine for about 12 years.

SwissArmyRomance · 14/05/2024 13:07

Misthios · 14/05/2024 10:10

You need one of these, they're brilliant

https://www.dualit.com/products/ecopress-aluminium-capsule-recycler

it separates the metal from the coffee inside, then you rinse the metal bit and put it in the standard metal recycling bin, the used coffee in the food waste or on the garden.

I was going to post this!

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