Keurig cups are disposable little cups that are single use and make one cup of coffee, they're very convenient and easy to use, but they are becoming a problem. A HUGE waste problem. 1 in 3 American homes have a Keurig coffee machine and over 10 billion Keurig cups are sold every year by green mountain. The plastics they use are not recyclable and sit in a landfill, contributing to the already bad waste problem. Green Mountain, the company who owns Keurig, claims they made the cups recyclable, but the plastic they use is only accepted in a few landfills. The amount of waste from the pods could wrap around the earth 10 and a half times and over 13 billion Keurig cups went into landfill in 2015. Not only is the plastic an issue, but the coffee grounds are being wasted too. Keurig cups are inefficient and waste more water than any other conventional coffee brew process. Even the inventor of the Keurig cups regrets inventing them. So what is the solution to Keurig cups? Don't buy plastic one use k-cups. And if you don't have a Keurig yet, don't buy one. Make coffee with a french press, or use a different single serve coffee brewer from companies like Cuisinart and Hamilton Beach who don't use single use plastic cups My personal solution to this problem was to buy the reusable k-cup filters and my own coffee grounds. It will save you a lot of money and most importantly, you won't be contributing to the huge waste problem they are causing.
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