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THE VALUE OF A NESPRESSO CAPSULE

WHEN IT PERTAINS TO OUR CAPSULES, THE LAST DECREASE DOESN'T MEAN THE LAST USE.

Also utilized Nespresso capsules still have a great deal of worth --- both in the aluminium of their covering in addition to in the splendor of the utilized coffee premises inside.

ALUMINIUM

Did you know that aluminium is infinitely recyclable? Despite the amount of times it's recycled as well as modified into various kinds, it constantly preserves its initial buildings. The recycled aluminium from our capsules is used in a variety of other products ranging from computer systems to vehicles to soda cans, and also even new Nespresso capsules. And also recycling aluminium calls for 20 times less energy than generating it from ore.

We use aluminium since it protects the coffee from light, oxygen and humidity better than other products offered. This aids us make certain that the scents developed throughout the roasting are kept up until consumers take their first sip.

Nespresso will remain to make certain that its aluminium supply is free from bauxite sourced from biodiversity location areas such as the Atewa woodland in Ghana

As a business we are committed to safeguard forests as well as essential environments which hold the biodiversity on which we all depend. Our coffee sourcing program, the Nespresso AAA Lasting Quality ™ Program, developed along with Rain forest Alliance has been designed and is executed to promote sustainable farming and protect high-value communities. Yet we have interacted with IUCN to integrate biodiversity preservation practices into our larger sourcing criteria.

Nespresso is completely dedicated to the sustainable sourcing as well as the round use of aluminium. We was just one of the founders of the multi-stakeholder campaign that caused the development of the Aluminium Stewardship Campaign (ASI) and also we have publicly dedicated to sourcing 100% of our recycled as well as virgin aluminium needs through a completely ASI licensed supply chain. At the end of 2021 we aim to also have all our customer capsules used a minimum of 80% recycled material aluminium which will significantly decrease our use of virgin aluminium.

The ASI standards are presently undergoing a testimonial process, and also the initial draft revisions have been published for public appointment throughout March-April 2021 with broadened requirements for biodiversity and environment solutions. We have been energetic within ASI in advocating for stronger biodiversity demands for mining and protection of crucial biodiversity hotspot locations. In line with our commitment to ASI and also to biodiversity, we will certainly for that reason remain to make certain that our aluminium supply is without bauxite sourced from biodiversity location areas such as Atewa woodland in Ghana.

USED COFFEE GROUNDS

The utilized coffee premises that are inside our capsules are still valuable. They are an abundant resource of energy, as well as can be repurposed into nutrient-rich fertilizer, or made use of to create clean power in the form of biogas. Wherever feasible, we attempt to separate and repurpose spent coffee grounds in our reusing process.

RECYCLING PIONEERS

We are dedicated to providing every one of our capsules a second life. Since 2014, we have invested more than CHF 185 million in developing recycling solutions that make it simpler for you to reuse your made use of coffee capsules.

Today, our recycling programme is offered in 53 countries. 91% of our clients have access to a reusing service throughout the world. This implies that they can recycle their capsules any place they buy them (either in the house, a shop or their pick-up point) or within 5 kilometres of their delivery address. This consists of metropolitan waste collection points that accept aluminium capsules.

We work to locate the very best solution wherever people are enjoying our coffee to make certain that all our clients have a hassle-free recycling option for their capsules. We have more than 100,000 collection points, and offer home collection in 33 countries as well as our global recycling rate is 30%.

In several nations, public recycling systems lack the needed infrastructure to sort as well as recycle small, lightweight things. That is why we developed our very own recycling system, in addition to applied tasks to increase awareness amongst our clients of the significance of recycling made use of capsules.

Our passion is to have our aluminium capsules consisted of in established collective recycling schemes, and we are collaborating with governments as well as local authorities to attain this.

RECYCLING - A COLLECTIVE EFFORT

Recycling is a collective effort and also boosting reusing rates depends on four crucial elements:

Further enhancing the communication to consumers to raise awareness and also drive engagement;

Dealing with authorities to incorporate capsule recycling into cumulative recycling schemes;

Enhancing the number of collection points;

Incorporating other portioned coffee producers right into its reusing plan to improve availability and ease of access of aluminium capsule recycling.

These campaigns are an important part of Nespresso's recurring commitment to the responsible use aluminium as well as we remain to work along with our companions to certify our full value chain to the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) criterion for sustainable and liable aluminium.

HOW IS A NESPRESSO CAPSULE RECYCLED?

1. The primary step is to collect the capsules.

2. The capsules are then moved to a recycling center where the coffee premises are divided from the aluminium.

3. The coffee grounds are sent out to a composter to be transformed into garden compost or an anaerobic digester to produce bio-gas changing use fossil gas.

4. The aluminium is compacted into blocks and also sent out to a re-smelting center where it is heated up to melt into aluminium ingots. In this procedure, the filter, lacquer and also silicon ring of the capsule are burned.

5. The aluminium ingots are then processed to produce brand-new aluminium items such as cars and truck components, bikes, cans, pens or even new Nespresso capsules.

The recycled aluminium from our capsules is used in a large variety of other items ranging from computers to autos to soda canisters, and also new Nespresso capsules. Nespresso is devoted to the sustainable sourcing and the circular usage of aluminium. We were one of the founders of the multi-stakeholder effort that resulted in the development of the Aluminium Stewardship Campaign (ASI) as well as we have openly committed to sourcing 100% of our recycled as well as virgin aluminium needs through a completely ASI licensed supply chain. At the end of 2021 we intend to additionally have all our customer capsules made utilizing a minimum of 80% recycled material aluminium which will considerably minimize our usage of virgin aluminium.

The aluminium is compressed into blocks and also sent out to a re-smelting center where it is heated up to thaw right into aluminium ingots.