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What's the worst invention of the 21st century? (lemm.ee)
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[โ€“] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's a small plastic cup full of ground coffee, Kuerig machines use them. They generated a ton of plastic waste, since each k-cup was a single use.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago

    There was great progress in compostable K-Cups from other vendors. And then Keurig did the DRM thing with the UV ink. So they literally made everything worse trying to keep their market reach.

    I threw mine out and went back to a french press. Straight into compost, and the coffee tastes better.

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  • [+] -6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    And so is every Coke bottle with 5 times the plastic. And so is every store-bought coffee. Yet... silence. ๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—๐Ÿฆ—

    What about bottles? Far more energy requires to melt and pour glass. No one says a word about single use.

    Never found a K-cup on the beach or trail, but I pack plastic bags to haul trash and sometimes load 2 or 3.

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