ZURICH, Switzerland: Nespresso is launching compostable coffee capsules next year in a bid to fend off competitors trying to muscle in on the lucrative home coffee market with ever-more eco-friendly alternatives.

One of Swiss food giant Nestlé's flagship brands, Nespresso — which makes home coffee machines, pods and accessories — will launch paper-based capsules that can be composted at home "in France and Switzerland in 2023" before spreading out to other markets in 2024, Nespresso Chief Executive Office Guillaume Le Cunff told Agence France-Presse (AFP).

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