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Inventor of K-Cups regrets the idea
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"I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it," John
Sylvan told The Atlantic in an interview
(Monday). Why? Because the K-Cups are bad for the
environment -- they are disposable and not
recyclable. Sylvan originally envisioned the
cup-like pouches that brewed a single serving of
coffee for offices, where people want different
brews. But the technology caught on, and Keurig
Green Mountain brewers are now on kitchen
counters everywhere. That means more and more
K-Cups are being used -- and thrown in the trash.
Sylvan isn't in a position to do much about the
problem. He sold the company for 50,000 in 1997,
and it's now owned by Green Mountain, the brewing
company. "I told them how to improve it, but they
don't want to listen," Sylvan said. Sylvan and
others have designed solutions, like reusable
K-Cups. He said he even tested his design "years
ago, and it worked." But Keurig has tried to
block those cups from working in its machines.
The company says it has a plan of its own and is
"committed to making 100 of K-Cup packs
recyclable by 2020."
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In Other News

• A fraternity fraught with scandal quickly shut
  down a chapter in Oklahoma when a video surfaced
  that showed members singing a racist chant with
  the n-word. The video shows a group of young
  white students chanting the n-word loudly and
  boisterously while riding on a bus. Sigma Alpha
  Epsilon's national chapter shut down the chapter
  Sunday night, suspended all of the chapter's
  members and threatened to remove those
  responsible from the fraternity for life. In the
  video, the students are heard chanting, "There
  will never be a ni in SAE. You can hang him
  from a tree, but he can never sign with me. SAE
  stands for Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. 'Sign
  with' means join the fraternity.
• Hundreds of troops from Chad and Niger launched a
  ground and aerial offensive against Boko Haram in
  northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, according to
  residents and military sources from Niger. The
  sweeping offensive is taking place along the
  Niger-Nigeria border, sources said, effectively
  opening a new front in the fight against the
  Islamist terror group. This comes a day after
  Boko Haram pledged allegiance to ISIS in an audio
  message purported to be from leader Abubakar
  Shekau.