A recycling wrangle is brewing, as more coffee is being made using pods than ground beans or instant than ever before. Designer Eason Chow Wai Tung is working on a packaging-free solution using sugar-coated capsules that dissolve into hot water. But until this happens, here are the most eco-friendly coffee pods, for a shot of conscience
1. Cru Kafe
These London-based coffeepreneurs are constantly working to minimise the footprint left on the planet, with biodegradable packaging and no chemicals in the organic coffee. Compostable pods are due to launch later this year.
£4.20 for 24 pods, Cru Kafe, Buy it now
2. Pact
Another London coffee empire, Pact makes recyclable pods filled with coffee that it pays at least 25 per cent above Fairtrade rates for.
£14.95 for 40 pods, Pact Coffee, Buy it now
3. Ecopads
Direct action recycling — these pods are reuseable, refillable and washable. They work with Phillips Senseo machines and you can fill them with any ground coffee.
£10.45, Amazon, Buy it now
4. Lavazza
When coffee drinkers demanded that Lavazza should consider the environment more, it spent five years developing a compostable capsule made from thistles. They are due in shops soon.
Visit lavazza.co.uk for more info
5. Tassimo
These aluminium and plastic pods are recyclable at special drop-off points around London. Find your nearest at terracycle.co.uk.
£3.99 for 16 pods, Tassimo, Buy it now
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