Nestle's Nescafe Dolce Gusto team says consumers can now recycle used coffee capsules thanks to its new partnership with global recycling and upcycling company TerraCycle.
TerraCycle, which launched in Australia on Clean Up Australia Day in March, specialises in developing solutions for recycling 'unrecyclable' items.
Nescafe's Dolce Gusto plastic ‘smart capsules’ have now been added to that list. Participants of TerraCycle’s Brigade programs can send their capsules to TerraCycle to be recycled via Australian Post by downloading a free shipping label from the TerraCycle website.
TerraCycle will recycle the capsules into two streams: organic material such as residual coffee grounds will be separated and sent to an industrial composting facility, and the plastic capsules will be melted down and made into new products.
