Keurig Inventor Regrets Destroying The Environment
April 4, 2015
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as posted by the channel"The inventor of the Keurig now says he feels guilty for creating the coffee-making device because it creates a ton of waste.
In an interview with The Atlantic published Monday, John Sylvan said that he feels he created a monster.
“I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it,” Sylvan said.
Sylvan created the Keurig in 1992 with his college roommate Peter Dragone. He said he believed they would only be used in offices.
He told The Atlantic he was pretty sure the device, which allows the user to brew a single cup of coffee in seconds by inserting a pod into a machine, would be a hit.
“It’s like a cigarette for coffee, a single-serve delivery mechanism for an addictive substance,” he said.
Sylvan sold his share of the company in 1997 for $50,000. However, he told The Atlantic he now regrets being a part of it at all, because the pods are bad for the environment."
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