Since Famalicão City Council implemented the process of collecting and recovering used coffee capsules at the end of 2023, Famalicenses have already deposited around 13 tonnes of this waste in the bins scattered around the municipality.
After installing the first 20 bins, this month the municipality has installed 30 more for the disposal of used coffee capsules in Famalicense parishes, making a total of 50 bins distributed throughout the territory.
It should be remembered that the implementation of this project came about as a result of a protocol signed between the municipality of Vila Nova de Famalicão, AICC - Associação Industrial e Comercial do Café, and the companies Nestlé, Delta Cafés, Massimo Zanetti, Newcoffee, JVM, José Maria Vieira and UCC Coffee, which sell capsule coffee for domestic consumption in Portugal.
The equipment, available throughout the municipality, will make it possible to fully recover this type of waste: plastic and aluminium will be recycled and coffee grounds and/or filters will be composted.
Famalicenses who want to recycle these materials should put their used coffee capsules in a closed plastic bag, go to one of the bins available throughout the municipality and put it inside the equipment. The location of the bins can be found on the municipality's website at www.famalicao.pt/recolha-de-capsulas-de-cafe.