You may have seen headlines all over social media this week declaring that single-use coffee pods are climate-friendly. Well, actually that may not be true. Here's why.
a short article published earlier this month
The coverage by social media and news outlets came as good news to lots of people who have single-use coffee makers, since they've heard for years that the disposable metal and plastic capsules in their machines harm the environment.Despite the hype, it's hard to know how solid the conclusions are in the article that blew up online this week.
than other ways of making coffee, because of greenhouse gases from producing the pods' packaging and dealing with the waste.Headlines that say single-use coffee pods may be"environmentally friendly" have a lot of allure, says"Novelty can really drive a news story," Boykoff says."Something that could be seen as counterintuitive, that would grab people's attention.
But emissions in coffee consumption don't just come down to the consumer, Boykoff says. He says media coverage of what's driving emissions also has to take into account the role of larger companies. When it comes to single-use coffee, that means companies like Keurig Dr Pepper or Nespresso, corporations that make many of the plastic and metal pods consumers use.Keurig Dr Pepper uses plastic to produce their pods. In addition to being, plastic is derived from fossil fuels.
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