Coffee Balls – One of The Best Innovations
You never forget to brew a fresh cup of coffee in the morning before you begin your day, It keeps you energized as you work or study. It’s easy to drink several cups every day, especially if you’re chasing a deadline or completing your final exams.
Consider how those five pods a day might affect the environment. Have you ever felt bad for contributing to pollution? Coffee pods are an excellent example of wasteful single-use plastic.
The Problem: Environmentally Unfriendly Coffee Pods
Most of us rely on coffee pods because they are simple to use and save time. These seemingly harmless plastic pods may take 500 years to degrade, according to research. The alarming reality is that over 350000 of them end up in landfills each year.
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These coffee pods are usually made of aluminum and covered with plastic. It is challenging to separate these materials prior to the recycling process. Because the coffee pods are designed to withstand high pressure throughout the coffee-making process, they are durable.
The Solution: CoffeeB’s Coffee Balls
What if I told you there is a coffee maker that uses a biodegradable coffee ball to make great fresh coffee?
CoffeeB, a Swiss company, has created the Globe Coffee machine. The coffee balls this coffee machine uses come from carefully refined ground coffee, which is then shaped into a little ball. The coffee ball has a thin, tasteless seaweed-based covering as a protective layer to help the coffee preserve its flavour, freshness, and shape. As it is made of vegetable material, it is entirely recyclable as well as biodegradable.
According to the company, this invention is to respond to environmental concerns. These coffee balls aim to help reduce of aluminum and plastic waste in the coffee sector.
This product is currently available in Switzerland and France. We expect that it will be available globally very soon because of the rising worldwide coffee consumer market and the resulting pressing environmental concerns.
As a bonus, you can use these coffee balls in your garden once they’ve been brewed to make a fantastic fertilizer.
Green Schools Green Future supports these innovative products and approaches to sustainability. CoffeeB’s coffee balls are a stellar example of a zero-waste product to reduce environmental damage. Inscrivez vous for our monthly newsletter for more sustainability news and tips!
Sources:
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/280355/20220910/next-gen-coffe-machine-uses-coffee-balls-instead-capsules.htm
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-compostable-coffee-balls-nespresso.html
CoffeeB’s Single-Use Coffee Machine Uses Balls Instead of Capsules
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/coffee-pods-decompose-plastic-pollution-b1932664.html
