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cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/12988150

Keurig, the company that got us all hooked on single-serve coffee systems and has helped us churn through billions of plastic throwaway K-cups, just reinvented its single-serve system in what may be the most sustainable way: K-Rounds.

K-Rounds are plastic and aluminum-free, highly-compressed coffee ground pods held together by an ultra-thin layer of plant-based material (alginate). As one Keurig exec described it, "It’s just coffee in those pods."

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If successful, K-Rounds could have a measurable impact on the environment. According to one report, we create approximately half a billion metric tons of coffee capsule waste each year.

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[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I thought we already solved that? Like i got my keurig some metal mesh cups. And i just put the coffee in that. This screams more of a new method of controlling what goes into the machine. They are like the HP of tea kettles.