Global recycling company TerraCycle, which currently operates in 23 countries including the US, Canada, the UK and New Zealand, has officially launched in Australia.

In October, TerraCycle, an upcycling and recycling company in New Jersey, announced a partnership with Seattle-based Sur La Table to collect Nespresso and Illy capsules in all locations around the nation and send them to New Jersey.

Sur la Table accepts both brands, while Williams-Sonoma can take Nespresso capsules and send them to TerraCycle in New Jersey, where they're recycled (terracycle.com).

Terracycle has agreed to collect and reuse the coffee grinds and packaging from two of the single-serve companies: Nespresso and illy iperEspresso. Leftover coffee grounds will be sent to an industrial composting facility and the packaging will be converted into a variety of new products.

Terracyle, the New Jersey company that specializes in taking on challenging items to recycle, is trying to do something about this growing problem. Terracycle has agreed to collect and reuse the coffee grinds and packaging from two of the single-serve companies: Nespresso and illy iperEspresso.

While no one has an exact figure of how much waste we generate as a planet, the figure is in the billions of tonnes. Many organisations and businesses are now focusing on diverting rubbish from landfills, giving waste a new lease of life.

In addition to the retail recycling option, Nespresso consumers can send their used capsules directly to TerraCycle by joining the Nespresso Brigade on www.terracycle.com. Illy consumers can recycle directly through illy by using the pre-paid return shipping label provided to them when their capsule orders are shipped out.

Coffee drinkers with single-serve Nespresso or illy iperEspresso machines now have a way to keep their used coffee capsules out of the local landfill. Sur La Table stores nationwide have recycling receptacles for both brands, while Williams-Sonoma accepts Nespresso at select locations. All capsules are sent to recycling pioneer TerraCycle where the leftover coffee inside the capsules will be sent to an industrial composting facility while the actual packaging from the capsule will be recycled into a variety of new products.

Sur La Table stores nationwide have recycling receptacles for both brands, while Williams-Sonoma accepts Nespresso at select locations. All capsules are sent to recycling pioneer TerraCycle where the leftover coffee inside the capsules will be sent to an industrial composting facility while the actual packaging from the capsule will be recycled into a variety of new products.

Sur La Table stores nationwide have recycling receptacles for both brands, while Williams-Sonoma accepts Nespresso at select locations. All capsules are sent to recycling pioneer TerraCycle where the leftover coffee inside the capsules will be sent to an industrial composting facility while the actual packaging from the capsule will be recycled into a variety of new products.