Here it comes my useless proposal: recycle Nespresso's coffee capsules:
All we need, besides owning one of this subsidized Nespresso's coffee machines, is:
- Old Capsules that we have previously opened and cleaned
- A paper filter that we have cut as it is shown in the previous image
- Grind coffee from a trusted source. In my case I love the 'Supreme' brand, 100% Arabic, from a small shop I know.
The secret of my refilling technique consists on wetting the paper filter with water and stick it on the exit nose as shown in previous image. Then I slide a capsule filled with coffee taking care to align the three holes the recycled capsule has with the position were the machine will make the holes again. This is not a must, but enlarges capsule's life. Don't compress much the coffee, this machines don't have the high pressure they should.E voila, here comes my coffee...
From 250 g of coffee I make 30 doses. This puts the price of my cup of high quality coffee, including filter, in~0,1 EUR.I drink ~8 cups a week, that means it will take me 12 years to buy Canon's EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM...
Well I guess I need to increase by 12 my coffee consumption so I can save it in a year ;-)
10 comments:
Great idea!!! I'll try it!
Thanks Anna, you may be the second to try.
I hope Mr. Clooney don't get too angry...
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My method for reusing nespresso coffee capsules is dead easy.Clean a previously used capsule.Fill with coffee.Cut out a disk of kitchen foil slightly larger than the capsule,set the foil on top of the coffee ,crimp round the edge of capsule.Thats it!Put it in your machine and enjoy.Cheers KJT.
In Switzerland they have more than 1800 collection points for used nespresso capsules. They recycle the aluminium and use the coffee grounds as compost!
http://www.igora.ch/en/index/nespresso.htm
Thanks Mr. Anonymous, I've been in Nesspreso's site and I have to say they have taken the recycling really serious, it's esay to find along switzerland the closest recycling spot.
The bad thing is that in Spain and I guess many other countries Nestle don't offer such nice service.
I guess this tells a good thing about switzerland citizens that take recycling so seriously that companies that aren't gentle with the planet are being forced to change.
I wish a lot of people around the glove use my system till efficient recycling is being offered to all the world.
Thanks for your comment.
A previous comment to your post is actually the reason I found your blog. I recycle my Nespresso capsules in Switzerland and am searching for the recycling locations in the US. Although I am impressed by your ingenuity and that of the foil-variant in the reuse of capsules, I do not believe that I could achieve the freshness and flavor that the individual capsules offer unless I lived next door to a good coffee source. May I suggest that we act collectively and start to suggest to our local Nespresso machine vendors, such as Bloomingdales, to act as recycling centers?
I too am trying to find a place to recycle my Nespresso capsules in the US. When we lived in Switzerland we just took our old capsules back to the Nespresso store in a nice black container that we got at the Nespresso store. Too bad it isn't world wide yet!
I struggled a bit over my decision to buy a Nespresso machine for just this reason. In the end, I decided that I will try to empty, clean, and recycle as many as possible. Since their aluminum, I am adding them to my weekly city recycling. Since I recycle everything I can and otherwise keep my landfill waste to a reasonable amount, I can live with those that i don't recycle ending up in a landfill.
I really would like to see Nespresso recycling in the United States and i'm going to contact them about this. The more people who do this, the better.
I just found a little device from Switzerland that solves the problem of emptying the capsules: www.outpresso.com. I have ordered one and I hope it arrives in not too long.
I just did this exactly how you said it. And it worked great! I used normal percolated coffee and it actually turned out well drinkable. Of course it wasn't very strong and the crema was lame, but I was surprised. So I'm impressed, with a little bit of work you can make non-Nespresso espresso with your machine. Just buy high quality stuff though!
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