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NickB79

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10. Cameron's Coffee sells Ecopods that are compostable
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 01:24 PM
Jan 2025
https://www.cameronscoffee.com/blog/your-favorite-pods-now-100-compostable/

I use them when I don't feel like making a full pot (our Keurig is a dual unit with both a pot and a pod slot), and their coffee is actually quite good IMO. Also quite reasonable price-wise, and locally made here in Minnesota.

I did start burying them in my compost pile, but then noticed they didn't compost nearly as fast as I thought they would even when running it hot with fresh chicken manure. I'm still finding small pieces of white bioplastic 3 years later. Of course, when you read the fine print, they state:

*Compostable in industrial facilities. Check locally, as these do not exist in many communities. No current certification for backyard composting.


So now I just dig a hole 1' deep and bury the pods in a corner of my garden and forget about them. I did try an experiment where I added a shovel of fresh chicken manure and some trash fish (bullheads) with them last year. I'll dig them up this summer to see if that sped up the process.

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