This story has been updated to include a new sub-headline and comment from the Ocean Conservancy and to make even clearer that the impacts of different brewing methods are in the context of greenhouse gas emissions.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
Single-use coffee pods have surprising environmental benefits over other brewing methods
A new analysis finds that using pods can produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions than brewing traditional filter coffee
By Allyson Chiu
Updated January 20, 2023 at 4:58 p.m. EST|Published January 18, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST