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Do 29,000 coffee pods really go to landfill every minute?

25/02/2023 GMT

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We explore the environmental consequences of our thirst for coffee

How environmentally destructive is our thirst for coffee?  Tim and the team investigate a claim that 29,000 coffee pods end up in landfill globally every minute with the help of Dr Ying Jiang, a senior lecturer in bioenergy from Cranfield University in the UK.

Presenter: Tim Harford
Producer: Perisha Kudhail
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound engineer: Neil Churchill
Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown

(Photo: coffee pod machine brewing coffee. Credit: Getty Images)

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