Vancouver-based company G-Kup has come up with 100 per cent compostable coffee pods as a solution to uneconomical and incredibly wasteful K-Cups.

The plastic single-serve coffee pods designed for Keurig machines have exploded in popularity, but the garbage it creates has become a global problem. A Mother Jones report said the number of K-Cups produced in in 2013 was enough to wrap around the planet 10.5 times.

Even the pods’ creator has said he regrets creating them in the first place.

As an alternative, G-Kups are held together with a bamboo and sugar cane sleeve, with a biodegradable polymer lining that can withstand boiling water. The Vancouver company patented the invention in February.

“The current waste created by K-Cups is unacceptable,” said G-Kup CEO Darren Footz. “Simply put, I want to change the way the world consumes single-serve coffee.”

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