Medelco Recycle A Cup – Coffee or Tea Pod Recycling Tool – Compatible with K-Cups – Best Single Serve Coffee Pod Recycling Tool
- ☕️ The Recycle A Cup Tool is the only alternative to manually separating K-Cups allowing each component to be properly recycled
- ☕️ In less than 10 Seconds Recycle A Cup allows you to separate K-Cup plastic pods from the filters and grounds
- ☕️ Recycle a Cups patented K-Cup Cutter device allows for the easy separation of the components of the Keurig K-Cup Coffee Pods with just three fast and easy steps
- ☕️ Help prevent billions of K-Cup pods from going into landfills, one pod at a time, with the Recycle A Cup K-Cup cutting tool
- ☕️ By using the K-Cup Cutter you are helping to keep the planet clean and safe for future generations
$12
Why buy the Recycle A Cup® Cutter? Millions of people across the United States use pod-based coffee brewing systems to create their morning cup of jo. While these single cup coffee pod machines are undoubtedly convenient, their single-use nature generates a significant amount of waste. With this in mind, you may wonder, “Are K-Pods® recyclable?” Unfortunately, most single-serve coffee cups aren’t recyclable in their original state. This means that many end up in landfills, where they will sit for hundreds of years – or worse, be blown into nearby waterways where they could affect wildlife. Coffee pods are great, but they can produce a bunch of waste! The coffee pods can only be recycled if the plastic, aluminum, paper and coffee components are separated and sorted into the correct categories for recycling or composting. The Recycle A Cup® works with the majority of coffee pod brands like Keurig and allows you to separate the pod into the components for recycling and composting. The Recycle A Cup cutter comes in a Single Pack containing two coffee pod recycling tools, a Double Pack containing four cutters, and a Triple Pack containing six cutters. It’s as easy as making your coffee, separating the pod, then recycling the coffee pod.
From the manufacturer
Medelco Recycle A Cup
Isn’t It Time You Recycled Your Coffee Pods?
Problem
Coffee. It’s how millions of us start every day. More and more of us are using convenient Keurig brewers and K-Cup pods to deliver our delicious morning brew. The truth is most people are not aware that those little pods are not recyclable when they are intact. Sadly, most of these pods end up in landfills, not decomposing. This is a growing and significant environmental concern. Just look at the numbers:
– Nearly 30% of US households own a single serve brewer.
– An estimated 20 billion pods will be consumed this year and most will wind up in landfills.
– That’s enough waste to circle the earth over 12 times.
Solution
Medelco’s Recycle A Cup is an innovative solution to this problem. The patented device allows for the easy separation of the components of the Keurig K-Cup Coffee Pods with just three fast and easy steps.
1. Load the pod into the Recycle A Cup.
2. Twist the pod around one full turn.
3. Separate the pod and recycle.
Recycling
Once you have used the Recycle A Cup to separate the coffee pod’s components you are now free to recycle each of them. The coffee grounds make a great addition to your compost pile. The aluminum foil top and the plastic cup and rings once separated are accepted by most recycling services. If your local recycler does not accept #7 just send your separated cups to Medelco and we will recycle them for you.
Important Notes and Disclaimers
Please note that the Recycle A Cup works best with Keurig licensed coffee pods. Results with other pods may vary.
As with any blade those in the Recycle A Cup will dull over time. The Recycle A cup is designed to last 6 weeks depending on use and is fully recyclable once finished using.
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Ted Pavlic –
Use these to “perforate” one time around first and then cutAs others have mentioned, these will not work “out of the box” as well as you might expect. However, after learning the right touch or technique, your success rate will go up to near 100%, and each individual cutting tool will last far longer than it says they do on the box.My trick is to “perforate” with them first. I place a cup into them and then press and release the cutting tool and then rotate the cup very slightly and repeat. I do this until I’ve gone at least a full rotation around. This will “perforate” the top of the cup. Then when I press the cutting tool and hold it down while I rotate the cup, it is much more likely for the bottom of the cup to come cleanly free of the top. If I skip the perforation step, then many brands of cups with very thin plastic will not maintain their structural integrity for long enough to really allow the cutting tool to do its job. As a consequence, you’ll get about a centimeter of plastic that stays connected and is too flimsy to really be cut. You can easily cut the rest with scissors (or just rip). But if you do the perforation step first, this will hardly ever happen and it will be easier to remedy if and when it does happen.This cutting tool may work the best with Dunkin cups. I’ve had good success with Kroger cups too. The Keurig-brand cups sometimes are a little flimsier and so the perforation step mentioned above is necessary.Either way, this is MUCH nicer than trying to rip the foil off (especially when a cup is still piping hot) and dump the grounds out. I’m not convinced that the plastic in the Keurig cups actually ends up getting recycled when it hits the recycling facility, but I at least feel like I’ve done my due diligence… (that said, I guess using grounds with a reusable filter cup would be even more sustainable)
Amagran –
Easy to use but not ideal.I’m happy I get to recycle most of the kcup but too much work to remove foil from lid. This gadget is great for cutting the top off the kcup and freeing up the plastic bottom for recycle. But the frustrating part for me is tearing the paper filter and grounds off the lid and wiping away stuck on grounds for compost, then still having the plastic lid with foil stuck to it that needs to be removed to recycle the lid, and rinsing everything. I end up throwing the messy lid away, thinking I’m at least conserving water. Wish the makers of kcups would come up with something more eco friendly. The gadget is fine!
Julie M. –
Wouldn’t use K-cups if I wasn’t able to recycle the plastic!This gadget lets you ‘disconnect the foil cover and the “bag of grounds” from the plastic cup on the k-cup. I gave it 4 stars because it is a little confusing how to use it the first couple times. I also discovered that it worked much better going one direction vs. the other. It is not perfect…but I am REALLY concerned about all the garbage we are compiling, and being able to recycle to bulk of the k-cups makes a difference fo rme!
Michael Olivier –
Works on some K-cup brands, not othersWhat I learned after buying this tool is that there are subtle difference is k-cup geometry and/or type of plastic used between coffee brands. For example, this tool works perfect 100% of the time on Starbucks k-cups, and it “sort-of-works” on Sam’s Club brand k-cups (it makes rough cut, but then I have to rip out the pod and liner…which sometimes makes a mess).
Diana A –
Does the job!I love the fact that I can now recycle my used k-cups a little more easily with this Medelco Recycle a Cup. I would have rated it five stars but I have a little more problem using it with my arthritic hands. I press in on the sides as hard as I can and twist but it doesn’t always fully cut off the top. I’m sure other people who don’t have arthritis in their hands find it much easier to use. I also expect I’ll have to order more of these to use once the cutting blades have dulled. No problem as it is still a good way to recycle rather than having it go to a landfill.
KitKat –
Worth It!I recycle everything I can and these make recycling k cups so much easier and with no mess. Definitely worth the money.
Around the Town –
Finally an easy way to compostThis is an ingenious little gizmo. It goes over the single serve coffee pod and with a twist, it acts as a can opener and disconnects the plastic from the top. The coffee and filter are easily removed into your compost bin, rinse what’s left and ta da! Separated and ready for recycling. I feel better now about using these pods.
Don –
Step up your recycling gameDid you know you can recycle your k-cups if you remove the foil and empty the grounds?I love my k-cups but I know they are bad for the environment. Putting grounds into a k-cup dispense defeats the purpose of a keurig. Plus, all the biodegradable k-cups are deceiving because they are only commercially biodegradable, which isn’t accessible to the common person. Lastly, removing the foil by hand isn’t as easy as it seems.This product has made recycling my k cups much easier. Once they cool, I spin it on my k cup and the top comes off with the coffee filter in one piece.The only downside is the device does not always cut all the way around. As a result, I may have to pull it apart (which can cause coffee grinds to spill) or use scissors.Regardless, I still like using it and I’m very happy with my purchase.
Chuck Bentley –
Almost perfectReally helps with recycling k cups. I wish the blades were a little longer. They don’t always cut through the cup all the way. Especially with the store brands. I also compost the grounds and filter, so I wouldn’t care if the filter bag got cut. So if you just want to recycle the cup and throw away the grounds filter and top, this is probably perfect for you.
kittykuddles –
Works pretty wellI usually store up about 20 k cups and do them all at once. So far, I haven’t cut my finger. Warning: do not use it for circumcisions.