article_snippet.sent: The soaring popularity of home coffee machines has led to a increasing amount of waste generated by caffeine lovers.
article_snippet.sent: Eason Chow added that most coffee machines on the market are very industrialised and made to process coffee out of convenience. 'most coffee machines on the market are very industrialised and made to process coffee out of convenience neglect the importance of the visualising and the social responsibility through its usage,' Eason Chow said. '
article_snippet.sent: The rise of coffee machines for home-use has led to a new waste problem that was virtually non-existent a few years ago thanks to the single-use pods to make beverages.
article_snippet.sent: According to Zero Waste Europe, an estimated 10 billion coffee capsules were sold worldwide in 2010, a tenth of which was in Italy alone.
article_snippet.sent: But in the coffee-loving country, around 12,000 tonnes of pods that could have been recycled were disposed in landfills.
article_snippet.sent: As a result of the rising waste problem, Nespresso launched an initiative to encourage customers to recycle customers capsules.
highlights_snippet.sent: Soaring popularity of home coffee machines has led to increasing waste .
  