Summary
Listener Liz has recently switched to a coffee pod machine, that promises to deliver her a quick, convenient and delicious cup of coffee when she wants at the touch of a button. But she started to wonder about how the pods can be recycled, and whether her decision to swap to them had a greater impact on the environment?
Greg Foot ?filters? through the research on coffee?s carbon footprint alongside two experts, to find out where pods fall. He tastes the difference between a few different brewing methods, finds out how easy it is to recycle our pods, and what effect recycling them (or not) can have on their environmental impact. (The information in this episode was accurate at the time of recording.)
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PRESENTER: GREG FOOT PRODUCER: KATE HOLDSWORTH
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| 0:00.0 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
| 0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, |
| 0:13.5 | moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
| 0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
| 0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
| 0:24.5 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
| 0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
| 0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
| 0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:40.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that |
| 0:49.3 | investigates the wonder products promising to make you happier, healthier or greener. Each episode, I run one of |
| 0:55.1 | your suggested wonder products through the evidence mill to find out if it is indeed the best |
| 0:59.7 | thing since sliced bread or marketing BS. And today I'm joined by Liz Redmond from Chester. Hello, |
| 1:05.6 | Liz. Hello there, Greg. Nice to be here. Tell us the wonder product then that you would |
| 1:09.0 | like to investigate. Well, I'm interested in these coffee pods. I don't drink a huge amount of coffee and coffee and bags just goes off in the |
| 1:16.6 | fridge. So I thought because these were individual servings, they would be better. But then I got |
| 1:21.1 | worried about their recyclability because they're mixed materials, they're plastic and aluminium. |
| 1:27.2 | What do you do at the moment to try to lower your coffee footprint? |
| 1:30.5 | Well, I did send them back, but now I've actually bought a refillable variety, |
| 1:34.6 | which I've only had for about a week or so. |
| 1:36.7 | But then I'm back to a bag of coffee in the fridge. |
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