“The pods are also clogging up a landfill somewhere, since I can’t really recycle them when they’re full of coffee grounds.”

So a solution exists, you just can't be bothered...

Nespresso will send you a self-addressed, postage paid UPS bag to ship the pods back for recycling. They are really into the recycling thing... There is no excuse for not recycling them.

Don’t use these, they are just sitting in landfill - writer