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O Bom e o Belo (e o do Bem!)

A illycaffè, marca italiana de cafés premium, é focada em oferecer aos clientes produtos de qualidade – sempre produzidos de maneira sustentável – para uma experiência inesquecível na hora de degustar o cafezinho, seja em casa (illy.com.br), nos melhores bares, restaurantes e hotéis, ou na recém-inaugurada boutique illy Caffè São Paulo.

TerraCycle agora recicla cápsulas de café

Em 2018 o mundo produziu 59 bilhões de cápsulas de café, segundo o Perfect Daily Grind, site do Reino Unido, especializado em informações sobre café. O Brasil tinha sete marcas fabricantes do produto em 2014, no ano seguinte já eram 70 e a estimativa é de que hoje sejam mais de 400. Esse cenário levanta uma questão: o que fazer com as cápsulas usadas?

Illycaffè Has Partnered with TerraCycle for a New Eco Initiative

image.png Individual coffee pods and capsules are convenient but have come under increased scrutiny due to their disposable nature, so Illycaffè and TerraCycle have partnered to create a new coffee capsule recycling program to help change this. The program has been launched in the UK, France, Spain, Austria, The Netherlands and Belgium, and will allow consumers to send in their used pods for recycling or drop them off at a designated location. The capsules will be recycled into construction materials or even outdoor furniture, while the coffee ground will be sent to a composting plant. CEO of Illycaffè Massimiliano Pogliani explained more on the coffee capsule recycling program partnership saying, "We want to offer our customers the opportunity of making a cup of espresso at home using environmentally friendly capsules. For this reason, together with TerraCycle, we developed a circular economy programme that allows us to collect and give new life to both plastic and aluminum capsules, without any additional costs or hassle for consumers; we will take care of the entire process together with our partner.” Image Credit: Illy image.png

Illycaffè and TerraCycle partner in coffee capsule recycling scheme

Illycaffè has partnered with TerraCycle in a project that will facilitate the collection and recycling of its plastic and aluminium Iperespresso coffee capsules in Europe. The scheme has initially launched in the UK, France, Spain, Austria, The Netherlands and Belgium, where consumers can either post used capsules to TerraCyle or have them collected from home. According to the company, coffee capsules are notorious for their poor environmental credentials and are rarely collected by local councils as the plastic packaging is made up of multiple complex materials that are costly to separate and recycle.