Why Does the Keurig Coffee Founder Regret His Invention?
John Sylvan, the man behind the billion dollar Keurig empire, recently spoke with The Atlantic about why inventing the wildly popular coffee pods was probably a mistake. "I don't have one. They're kind of expensive to use," he said. "Plus it’s not like drip coffee is tough to make." Sylvan's biggest issue with his brainchild, however, is the negative impact it's had on the environment, which wasn't in good shape before coffee pods came along either. Last year, Keurig sold more than 9 million K-Cups, but because they are very complicated to recycle and not biodegradable, many of them end up in landfills. It's estimated that the amount of K-Cups used in 2014 could circle the earth more than a dozen times.