TRENTON, New Jersery – F. Gaviña & Sons, Inc., makers of Don Francisco’s Coffee, Café La Llave, and a wide variety of other family-crafted coffees, is helping consumers meet their resolutions to recycle more. The brand announced today that it has kept over 2 million used coffee bags, single serve coffee pods, and espresso capsules out of landfills through its free recycling program created in partnership with TerraCycle, the world’s leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams.
F. Gaviña & Sons, Inc and TerraCycle
Originally launched in April 2020, the Coffee Bag and Pod Free Recycling Program has successfully recycled enough coffee pods and capsules, that if placed one on top of the other, would reach the height of 172 Empire State Buildings.
“We’ve made great strides by recycling over 2 million coffee pods and bags, helping consumers take part in recycling and reducing waste in landfills,” said Lisette Gaviña Lopez, F. Gaviña & Sons, Inc. 4th generation coffee roaster. “We are proud of this achievement and hope it serves to encourage more coffee consumers to make small but meaningful contributions towards a more sustainable future.”
The Coffee Bag and Pod Free Recycling Program offers an easy way for consumers to set sustainable goals and recycle used coffee pods and capsules from two F. Gaviña & Sons, Inc. brands, Don Francisco’s Coffee and Café La Llave, including:
- Don Francisco’s Coffee Family Reserve coffee bags
- Don Francisco’s Coffee Family Reserve Single Serve Coffee Pods
- Don Francisco’s Coffee Family Reserve Espresso Capsules
- Café La Llave Espresso Style Single Serve Coffee Pods
- Café La Llave Espresso Capsules
Once collected, the packaging is cleaned, separated by material type, melted, and remolded to make new recycled products while the residual coffee is sent to an industrial composting facility.
“Reaching this major recycling milestone reinforces the fact that consumers are eager to make the world, and the coffee industry, greener,” said TerraCycle CEO and Founder, Tom Szaky. “With the Coffee Bag and Pod Free Recycling Program, coffee connoisseurs can set simple resolutions to recycle more single-serve pods and capsules and reduce the amount of trash sent to incinerators and landfills.”
The Coffee Bag and Pod Free Recycling Program is open to any interested individual, school, office, or community organization. For more information on TerraCycle’s recycling program, click here.
For more information on Don Francisco’s Coffee and Café La Llave brands, including their coffee pods and espresso capsules, follow @DonFranciscos and @cafelallave on Facebook and Instagram or visit www.donfranciscos.com. For more on parent company F. Gaviña & Sons, Inc. and their sustainability efforts, click here.
About F. Gaviña & Sons
Established in Vernon, California in 1967, F. Gaviña & Sons, Inc. is one of the largest family-owned coffee companies in America and the nation’s largest privately held minority-owned coffee roaster. The family’s unmatched coffee experience, as coffee growers and roasters, dates back over 150 years to the family’s humble beginnings in the rich coffee-bearing soil of Cuba and has paved the way for a strong presence in wholesale and retail accounts across the country.
The company makes the highest-quality, family-crafted coffee, including flagship premium brand Don Francisco’s Coffee, as well as its popular Latin-style espresso Café La Llave. The Don Francisco’s Coffee Family Reserve line includes a wide array of coffees and roast styles made for a variety of brewing methods, including pods and espresso capsules.
The Café La Llave brand, also available in pods and espresso capsules, is a favorite among espresso drinkers who enjoy a dark-roasted and intensely aromatic, rich, strong Latin-style espresso.
F. Gaviña & Sons, Inc. is currently one of the only coffee companies roasting and packing its Nespresso-compatible capsules in the U.S. at their Zero Waste to Landfill plant in California.
About TerraCycle
TerraCycle is an international leader in innovative sustainability solutions, creating and operating first-of-their-kind platforms in recycling, recycled materials, and reuse. Across 21 countries, TerraCycle is on a mission to rethink waste and develop practical solutions for today’s complex waste challenges.
The company engages an expansive multi-stakeholder community across a wide range of accessible programs, from Fortune 500 companies to schools and individuals, and has raised over $44 million for schools and nonprofits since its founding more than 15 years ago. To learn more about TerraCycle and join them on their journey to move the world from a linear economy to a circular one, click here.
