The capsules themselves are often made completely from recyclable material, so that side is of lesser concern - assuming they stay in the cycle. Of greater concern is the environmental cost of machine production and the oxygen wasted by the people who promote these devices.
WRT cost of product, I once overheard sopmeone in a supermarket espousing the chapness of the capsules they had found. Examining the product during an overwhelming burst of curiosity, I found thy were paying over £11 for 100g of coffee. Sad, sad people. > On 05 December 2017 at 20:29 Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Coffee capsules are an environmental disaster. The whole thing is a classic > example of wasteful production and unnecessary technology designed simply to > screw more money out of the consumer by selling them useless crap. > > > On 5 Dec 2017, at 13:58, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On that subject, I recently received a very good espresso/coffee machine. > > > > https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/illy-reg-y3-2-espresso-coffee-machine/3328580?skuId=61763098&mcid=PS_googlepla_nonbrand_coffeetea_online&product_id=61763098&adtype=pla&product_channel=online&adpos=1o4&creative=224233276482&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&mrkgadid=558372011&mrkgcl=609&rkg_id=h-73354b0251f621c2c41ac0fdecf49233_t-1512482115&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsIXx9oLz1wIViUsNCh0A9AQuEAYYBCABEgIstPD_BwE > > > > It requires special capsules, and they are not cheap, but they are > > extremely convenient, and inexpensive compared to buying coffee from > > StarBuck or even Duncan Donuts. > > > > Dan Matyola > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > >> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 6:13 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Coffee is good. It's one of the few real pleasures in life that actually > >> helps prevent rather than induce gout, so one the few earthly pleasures > >> remaining to me on my road to martyrdom. Compared to me Simeon Stylites > >> lived a life of sybaritic esurience. > >>> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
