It was just last week I suffered from the great T-Disc dilemma! I wasn’t sure if T-Disc could be recycled? But then I got an idea courtesy of Your Guide to Green Living which informed me that coffee grounds were full of nutrients that plants love. As I read I noticed my lovely oregano, dill, parsley and basil looking a little hung over. I thought this would be the perfect way to rescue my indoor herb garden from too much drink and very little nourishment.
So I have taken on this tedious task of recycling my T-Discs and saving the coffee grounds with vigor. Now, every time, I use a T-disc, I pop it open, scrape the coffee grounds into a can under the sink, and use it later as plant food. I then clean out the used t-discs and throw them into the blue bag for recycling. This way I have my recycled cake and eat it too without the guilt!
However, Mr. MBA had issues with this whole process…
On Saturday morning he watched my T-disc ritual with bafflement and confusion. He asked, “What are you doing?”
“I’m cleaning out the T-discs, so they can be recycled, and use the coffee grounds to nourish the plants.”
“Oh! Why?”
“It’s good for the environment.”
“You’ve got to be kidding me!”
“I’m not!”
“Are you bored?”
“Bored?”
“Yes, are you bored?”
“No, I’m not bored!”
“Then why are you creating all of this extra work?”
“It’s not extra work.”
“It is!”
“Well I’m not asking you to do it! Just give me your T-disc!”
“I’m not giving you the T-disc.”
“Why not?”
“It seems like a redundant task.”
“It’s not a redundant task! It’s good for the environment!”
“Well! Who else does this?”
“I don’t know!”
“It seems like a waste of time.”
“Don’t you want to be a good citizen? Show your children that you are the green machine Dad?”
“I am a good citizen! And I’m a machine!”
“I mean global citizen! Just think of the future, our children, their children.”
“Don’t pull that argument with me!”
He then took the T-Disc and threw it in the wet garbage!
I gasped, “What are you doing?”
“ I’m throwing the T-Disc in the Trash!”
“But it’s plant food! Dig it out!”
“I’m not digging it out!”
“Yes You are ! Or no dessert for you tonight!”
“No dessert?”
“That’s right!”
“Fine.” And with that he plucked the T-disc out of the and grumbled “Good Grief! Next week we’ll all be vegans!”
As he walked away, I secretly thought, not such a bad idea. It would be good for the environment, a great way to lose weight and maybe I would get those slender vegan yoga arms. A girl can dream…..
ROFL! I recycle my t-discs without washing them (because we don’t have clean recycling here) but I don’t think anyone else in the family recycles them. I sometimes I think about telling them to toss them in the recycle bin but the headache that will come from having that discussion makes it… not worth it.
And I have to tell you, opening up the t-disc for the coffee grounds also not worth it. Sheesh. I think you’re bored.
LOL! Maybe a bit bored…But don’t tell Mr.MBA
I don’t mind doing it, and it will nourish my plants! Plus, now that I started, made a stink about it, there is no going back
I think that’s great! I just got a Cuisinart K-cup maker and I think I’ll do that too! Good on you, our grandchildren will be better off for the less amounts of garbage!! 3 cheers for you!
Ha-ha sounds like some of the deep discussions that go on around my house. And those vegan girls’ arms! Such show-offs!
LOL! They are total show-offs! How do they think they are
I also open the discs, compost the grounds, and put the plastic in the recycling, once at the end of the week. Am checking with the city whether our recycling plant accepts the cleaned discs. Regardless, removing the grounds makes the discs much lighter, reducing carbon pollution when the plastic is trucked off, note the landfill is far from where I live in Toronto. Using a french press would cause even less carbon pollution, but I like the Tassimo.
Thank you for your comment! I love the french press and have considered going back to it. I’m not as fond of my Tassimo as I once was…
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