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Giving the planet a coffee break

Three million coffee capsules are sent to landfill each day in Australia. With this in mind, Grinders Coffee has developed and released its industrially compostable capsules to be available nationwide.

The new Nespresso compatible and compostable capsules, which are roasted and packed in Melbourne, take one year to break down in landfill compared to plastic capsules, which take 500 years and aluminium capsules, 200 years, to break down.

Sally Byrne, General Manager of Grinders Coffee, says Australians have very high standards when it comes to coffee. And as

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