{"id":18950,"date":"2015-10-14T12:30:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T16:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18950"},"modified":"2015-10-14T12:30:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T16:30:31","slug":"can-you-reuse-k-cups-yes-here-are-17-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/can-you-reuse-k-cups-yes-here-are-17-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Reuse K-Cups? Yes – Here Are 17 Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As I’ve noted<\/a> numerous times before, I do think single-serve coffee makers are environmentally preferable in a number of ways: you’re not going to make more than you need (so no waste of water or ground coffee), and they don’t use energy to keep coffee hot before you drink it. But what about all of those coffee pods? Yep, they add up quickly<\/a>, and generally end up in the trash as they can’t be recycled through traditional means.<\/p>\n

But, can you reuse K-Cups? Those little plastic pods have to be useful for something, right? A number of thinkers and makers have dedicated themselves to this question, and come up with all sorts of interesting approaches to getting more use out of these materials.<\/p>\n

First: Can You Reuse K-Cups to Make More Coffee?<\/h3>\n

Coffee pods aren’t designed for reuse, but that doesn’t mean that lots of waste-haters and frugal types have tried. The best option would be a reusable coffee pod (which a number of manufacturers make). But if you’ve already got disposable K-Cups on hand, a number of folks have come up with ideas for reusing them after cleaning out the used grounds.<\/p>\n

The Wings and Wheels Channel walks you through a simple reuse process:<\/p>\n