Nespresso coffee cup — carbon footprint LCA

Cradle-to-grave · 40 ml espresso · Krups Inissia machine
Idemat 2026RevA Agribalyse 3.1 ISO 14040/44 Screening LCA
Scenario parameters
Cups per day
2 cups
Machine lifetime
5 yr
Country grid electricity
Capsule end-of-life
Coffee origin (Agribalyse 3.1)
Al capsule recycled content
80%

Idemat 2026RevA Agribalyse 3.1 Idemat BOM estimate Not in open DB Credit (negative)
Per-cup breakdown — emission factors by source

Roasting energy — Idemat 2026RevA calculation
How roasting is calculated: 2.5 MJ natural gas + 0.05 kWh electricity per kg green coffee. Roasting loss: 18% (green → roasted). Each capsule contains 5.7 g roasted coffee = 6.95 g green coffee.
Natural gas heat0.297 kg CO₂/kWhB.050.01.103
Grid electricity0.237 kg CO₂/kWhB.042.01.101
Roasting per cupg CO₂
Machine bill of materials — Idemat 2026RevA (Krups Inissia 2.4 kg)

Lifetime totals
Data sources — every emission factor cited:
Idemat 2026RevA (TU Delft / SSIM Foundation, Joost Vogtländer) · CC BY for designers, engineers, companies & universities · ecocostsvalue.com
Electricity NL consumption: 0.0912 kgCO₂/MJ = 0.328 kgCO₂/kWh (B.042.02.121.251007) · EU-27: 0.237 kgCO₂/kWh (B.042.01.101.251007) · Natural gas heat: 0.297 kgCO₂/kWh (B.050.01.103.230701) · Truck 24t: 0.086 kgCO₂/tkm (C.060.01.106.230701) · Al secondary: 0.442 kgCO₂/kg (A.100.24.102.260225) · Al primary EU: 4.812 kgCO₂/kg (A.100.24.101.241123) · Al recycling credit: −3.209 kgCO₂/kg (F.110.01.101.230701)

Agribalyse 3.1 (ADEME, France) · Etalab Open Licence · aggregated PEF impact outputs · agribalyse.ademe.fr
Green coffee world average arabica: ~6.0 kgCO₂/kg (cradle to export port, including LUC amortised 20 yr)

Machine BOM: estimated composition for Krups Inissia (2.4 kg, 1260 W) from product datasheet + typical small appliance teardown data. Exact per-material masses are estimates — no published BOM is available for this model.

Al recycled content default (80%): based on Nespresso public sustainability communications (2021). Manufacturer claim, not independently verified.
This tool is intended for screening LCA and early-stage design decisions only. Results are not suitable for EPDs, public environmental claims, or comparisons intended to be disclosed publicly under ISO 14040/44 without independent critical review. Roasting energy per cup: ~1 g CO₂ — confirmed minor contribution consistent with peer-reviewed literature (Chéron-Bessou et al. 2024, Quantis/Nespresso LCA 2019–2024).