Coffee jar plastic top madness

*** Update March 2024

Finally Available in a Refill pack that weighs 133g holding 125g of coffee - 

However the cost of the refill at £4.8 per 100g

is still more than the jar packaged version at £3.34 / 100 g (with Nectar ) or £4.60 /100g without card. 

On the plus size looks like they have ditched the stupid big plastic top.

The shameful details ..... Even without a Nectar card the jar is cheaper than the refill by a large margin.

========= Previously 

I like a cup of strong flavour instant coffee, I also like to recycle and encourage reduction in packaging. 

In a fit of packaging madness Jacobs Douwe Egberts  lo'r has this most ridiculous plastic top on it's instant coffee. 

551g Total Jar  made up of 

347g of glass          -> 62.3 %

37g   of plastic top ->   6.7 % 

167g of product     ->  30.3 % 

Looking by height 

19cm Total Jar  

16cm Glass     -> 84 %

6.5 cm plastic top -> 15%   which overlaps jar by 3cm and has a further 3cm on top of that.

This type of plastic top is typically non-recyclable ( unlike the glass ) and has no recycling marks identifying the plastic. There is also a plastic film wrapping the glass, which may look nice but does nothing for the recycling process.

Is there a more effective packaging solution ? Yes but the economics don't look great on the latest Morrisons shopping trip.

L'or = £2.34 per 100g

Nescafe gold refill pack = £3.00 per 100g   ( no glass, minimal plastic bag )

66p more expensive for packaging free refill option. Sigh.

Even worse for the environmentally minded Morrisons on-line shopping currently has the refill pack 50p / 100g more expensive than the glass jar version.  6 Nov 2017.

 

Madness.

Further advice on Recycling Etiquette. 


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Reply from L'or

Thank you for contacting L’Or.

The lid is made of plastic and is recycled through standard plastic recycling bins.

Kind Regards

C**** M******

Consumer Relations Team