We use the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach to measure the environmental impact of our products. This approach shows that the greatest impacts are those related to the coffee cultivation processes, followed by the machine use phase. Packaging is not the main driver of environmental impact, it is only in third place. With the Nespresso portioned system, when you prepare your coffee you use the exact amount of water, coffee and energy needed to produce a cup without wasting resources - minimizing the waste of food, water and energy. The timely use of resources in a precision consumption system can actually reduce waste, and in many scenarios this more than offsets the additional packaging used for portioned coffee.
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