> I would be on board with these if it wasn't for their terrible environmental impact
FWIW in europe you can drop the capsules for recycling or give them back to the courrier delivering new ones, by and large they're just aluminium and coffee grounds so they're pretty recyclable. IIRC nespresso has >80% used capsule collection in their home country of Switzerland and in neighbouring France (where nespresso is quite popular).
it's interesting that in these eco-friendly and health-consious times, nobody here cares much about pouring boiling water over Aluminimum to get a decent coffee...
last time I checked it's not the healthiest compound to work with. anything new in that topic?
I'm not aware of much specific risks from anodised aluminium cookware compared to plastics or other metals. The biggest risks of dissolution are acidic foods and wet food sitting in the pan, neither of which is an issue with coffee capsules.
Furthermore, the WHO estimates that one can safely ingest up to 50mg of aluminium per day and the FDA hasn't even bothered setting an upper limit, cooking a whole meal in aluminium pans may leach 1~2mg of aluminium in the food.
There are health risks to breathing aluminium dust, but most people aren't going to snort their coffee capsules.
FWIW in europe you can drop the capsules for recycling or give them back to the courrier delivering new ones, by and large they're just aluminium and coffee grounds so they're pretty recyclable. IIRC nespresso has >80% used capsule collection in their home country of Switzerland and in neighbouring France (where nespresso is quite popular).