As part of a wider effort to reduce waste and energy consumption, Hamburg, Germany, has become the world’s first city to ban the use of coffee pods in government-run buildings, offices and institutions like schools and universities.
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While a caffeinated workforce is generally a happy one, it may not be an efficient one — at least, not from a planetary point of view, according to the German city of Hamburg. As part of a wider effort to reduce waste and energy consumption, Hamburg has banned the use of coffee pods in government-run buildings, offices and institutions like schools and universities.
Love them or hate them, single-use coffee capsules are a quick way to brew a reasonable cup of coffee, and Germans use rough…