I came across this. I would have been tempted had I not just bought a bean-to-cup machine.
If the link doesn’t work (it looks a mess) then it’s a Malango machine; 79€ until 23 March (99€ thereafter); uses paper dosettes (so no metal going into landfill) and it’s MADE IN FRANCE!
I have no connection with the Malango, except for buying and liking their coffee.
The dosettes look just like tthe Senseo ones, but probably a lot more expensive (and better). Ive still got a Senseo machine somewhere but not used since I bought a bean to cup machine about 6 years ago.
I recycle my Nespresso pods via Podback, but I thinnk you can get biodegradable ones as well.
Yep, I used to buy Saula pods, made out of some sort of paper.
We tried here to find the places where they claimed to recycle aluminium pods without success.
The Malongo dosettes seem to be priced between 52 and 60€ per kilo which is not as high as some makes of pods.
Talking of coffee, my instant make had gone up by 15 centimes for same jar since I got a couple last Friday. Sacrilege I know, but its for my first one of the day early on and then maybe the machine or the Italian perco one.
I have to take my bags of pods to Morrisons in Woking, which is about a 30 minute drive. I wait until I have three or four bags then take them in one trip.
It’s a pity the regular Council waste collection service won’t take them, apparently they used to.
The pods must be very difficult to recycle. Have you ever taken one apart ?
Often there can be two obviously different types of plastic, some metal foil, and of course the used coffee grounds. Recycling must be a lot of work for little, if any, gain. It is one of the reasons that we just use instant coffee from an easily recyclable jar or pouch.
Or an old-fashioned cafetière with a plunger. 
We use all of the above (instant, plunger, bean-to-cup), apart from a percolator, at different times of the day – and a filter machine.
I used to have an Aeropress but I lost it, shortly after losing patience with it.
I fancy one of those lab flask ones with a meths burner, but haven’t taken the plunge yet.
Are you thinking of a Kona machine? My parents had one and it was quite fragile.
Clearly if the PodBack scheme exists (and has done for some years), it must therefore be viable for them to collect the pods and recycle them.
I used to drink instant coffee for years, but the flavour of the coffee from a Nespresso pod is noticeably better IMHO.
Yes @Jennifer11 , that.
I can remember a relative had an electric percolator machine, but I was too young to be allowed coffee.
The machines used to break down refuse for recycling are quite capable of extracting the aluminium from coffee pods.
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