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

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

We explore the environmental consequences of our thirst for coffee

More or Less · BBC Radio 4

February 25, 202310m 47s

Show Notes

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.