Instead of a package that needs an extra carton around to be shipped we opted for a coffee envelope for our whole beans and ground coffee. Even though it’s outside is made out of paper, the inside is not. Please recycle it in the normal household rubbish. The coffee envelope reduces waste, but it also allows us to send the coffee as a standard letter \u2013 and thus to make the shipping as cheap as possible for you.<\/p>\n
Packaging for biodegradable capsules <\/strong><\/p>\n Unfortunately, that doesn’t work for the capsules. They’re small, but still too big for a letter. We will send them in an aluminium-free box that contains 40 capsules. The box conserves the aromas very well even though it is environmentally friendly. So even though our capsules are not 100% impermeable, the coffee will still be fresh when you want to drink it.<\/p>\n Wait \u2013 you wonder why they are not impermeable like all the other capsules? Because they are biodegradable! It makes us especially proud that we managed to find a solution to encapsulate our coffee in capsules which are made using plants from organic production. The production of these capsules uses therefore less energy and resources than that of their aluminium brothers and plastic sisters.<\/p>\n And after six months, the capsules degrade in an industrial compost. There is just one drawback: In Switzerland that doesn\u2019t mean you can throw them in the bio-waste. We called a lot of recycling stations all over the country but got the same answer everywhere. Our capsules look like other capsules \u2013 and would therefore be picked out of the other organic waste. The best for now is to throw them into the normal household rubbish.<\/p>\n We are always looking to further reduce our environmental impact. So if you\u2019ve got a great idea how to do this \u2013 please share it with us under marie@directcoffee.net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 712 kg \u2013 that’s the amount of waste an average Swiss produces each year, among the highest in the world. We don’t want to contribute to this horrible fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sustainability-en"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Biodegradable](\"http:\/\/directcoffee.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/biodegradable-capsules-1024x729.jpg\")
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