Hence, Nespresso significantly contributes to about
4,000 tons of aluminum and plastic garbage in Germany alone (Nicolai, 2014b);
worldwide this accounts for 1.6 million tons per year (Ehrenfried, 2013). Although a
return system for used capsules has been set up to counter the accusation of
environmental pollution, it does not solve the problem because customers do not
sufficiently take advantage of the 20,000 collecting points worldwide.