The aluminium from your capsules is infinitely recyclable and can take many forms. The proof is the launch of this new edition of the Caran d'Ache pen, with a body made from 25% aluminium from recycled Nespresso capsules.
As inventors of the coffee capsule and also pioneers in sustainable development, we launch an ambitious recycling program for our aluminium capsules throughout Switzerland.
In order to promote recycling in Switzerland and the development of collection points, we start a partnership with the Igora cooperative.
Our recycling capacity triples with 20,000 collection points worldwide, including 2,700 collection points in Switzerland alone, in sorting centres, Nespresso boutiques and partner stores. And to make it even easier for you, we create a free collection service for used capsules at home: "Recycling at Home".
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of our recycling program, we launch our Second Life collection of Limited Edition items with the Rex peeler and Victorinox knife made with aluminium from recycled Nespresso capsules.
Once separated from the aluminium, the other component of your capsules also gains a new life thanks to a project that converts coffee grounds in the form of biogas into natural fertiliser. Integrated into a methanisation process, your coffee grounds are transformed into biogas and used to produce heat or electricity.
For the second year of the program, Nespresso launches two new Limited Editions of the Rex peeler and the Victorinox knife, in the colours of our Livanto. coffee.
The Second Life family is further extended with the creation, in partnership with Caran d'Ache, of this exclusive version of the brand's famous 849 pen, created with aluminium from your recycled capsules.
Nespresso and Rio Tinto sign an agreement with the objective of using only sustainable aluminium by 2020, by means of the ASI (Aluminium Stewardship Initiative) traceability standard.
After the deep blue of Dharkan, it’s the green of the MASTER ORIGIN India capsules that decorates the Caran d'Ache 849 made with aluminium from your used capsules.
Returning to Earth what Earth gave to us. At Nespresso, we've been honouring this promise for 30 years. How? By finding solutions to integrate sustainable development in all our activities, from sustainable agriculture to capsule recycling.
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