How should coffee capsule be sorted?

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Coffee capsule should be sorted as:

Open and scrape out coffee residue

Metal / Metal

Coffee grounds

Food waste / Madaffald

If coffee residue cannot be removed

Residual waste / Restaffald

About this item

Coffee capsules should be sorted by material and by whether they can be separated. Metal capsules can be sorted as metal if opened and scraped free of coffee grounds. The coffee grounds can go in food waste. Mixed-material capsules, or capsules that cannot be emptied properly, usually belong in residual waste unless a local or producer return scheme exists.

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