Recycling Nespresso Pods in Ireland

engol · 17-04-2011 8:47am #1

Has any thought been given to recycling used Nespresso pods in Ireland? I know in the Netherlands and in the UK the courier that delivers the new pods will take away used ones for recycling.

How do I go about recycling my used pods here in Ireland? (Please don't tell me to make a necklace from them

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iMax · 17-04-2011 8:50am

Open the top with a knife, rinse out € put in green bin.

As a useful aside, use some of the grounds mixed with honey or egg white as an exfoliating face mask once a month. Feels great.

engol · 17-04-2011 9:27am

Yes iMax, I'm aware of that. Am also aware that not many would go to the bother of doing it. Recycling these things without asking the enduser for effort is possible. It's done elsewhere, just wondering how we can get it done here. Don't know why it's not already, not enough of them till recently enough maybe?

Alwayson · 25-04-2011 11:46am

Brown Thomas Grafton Street Nespresso department on the top floor (and I think also their store in Cork) told me they are starting a recycling service in September. Don't know what's taken them so long. Maybe the thought of people dragging sackfuls of used pods through their nice store didn't appeal to them.

Del2005 · 25-04-2011 1:19pm

Alwayson wrote: »

Brown Thomas Grafton Street Nespresso department on the top floor (and I think also their store in Cork) told me they are starting a recycling service in September. Don't know what's taken them so long. Maybe the thought of people dragging sackfuls of used pods through their nice store didn't appeal to them.

They are in the sham that is Rapak they don't have to take them back. Obviously their customers are more environmentally aware and are now making them.

Twenty10 · 07-08-2012 1:19pm

You can now get recycling bags in BT's for your used capsules. Just ask for one next time you are in buying capsules. And once your bag is full drop it back there also. I'm not sure where they end up but imagine they are transported to the UK for recycling. According to the Nespresso site the UK have a "capsule retrieval system" in place.

engol · 07-08-2012 1:21pm

Twenty10 wrote: »

You can now get recycling bags in BT's for your used capsules. Just ask for one next time you are in buying capsules. And once your bag is full drop it back there also. I'm not sure where they end up but imagine they are transported to the UK for recycling. According to the Nespresso site the UK have a "capsule retrieval system" in place.

Thanks for this, we usually get ours online but good to know anyway.

Rew · 07-08-2012 2:19pm

They sent me out the recycling bag in the post a month or 2 ago.

kenco · 15-09-2012 1:33pm

Was in BT yesterday, dont think they collect (might be a little below them!) but they were giving out bags.

Now the not so funny thing about all this is that every time I order on line I also book a recycle collection. On each occasion the courier turns up day 1 and collects the capsules, heads off and comes back the following day with the online order! So much for recycling when effort from a carbon burning front in doing so is doubled!

Let Nespresso know about this on more than one occasion but to no avail