How to recycle coffee pods
Recycling the aluminium coffee pods is a good way to reduce landfill and get the right materials into the right place for reuse. Many of the coffee pods are made of aluminium and filled with coffee grounds. They're easy to pop open and recycle, let's get started.
Dry your coffee pod
I do them in batches of 10 or so and store them up in a container for them to dry out. You can poke a hole in the top of them to hasten the process. Nothing much likes coffee grounds to there's no issue of attracting ants or vermin.
Open your pod
Grab a screwdriver or other sharp instrument and open up the top of the pod to remove the coffee grounds. I just poke the screwdriver into the middle and spin it in a circle, the pierced top sheet is very thin.
Feed your worm farm
The coffee grounds can go straight into the garden (yes plants love them), into the worm farm or compost. Too easy.
Recycle the metal coffee pod
Flatten your pod, I use a hammer or brick! Then put it into your metals recycle bin for repurposing. Job done!
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