What does "at least 70% recyclable" mean? Find out more about our coffee packaging in our latest blog post! #Tchibounpacks
News from Tchibo Refurbished: We have added another model to our portfolio, as the Esperto Pro fully automatic coffee machine is now also available refurbished – in tested Tchibo quality and with a 2-year warranty for wonderfully fresh coffee enjoyment at the touch of a button.
How can sustainable packaging be developed for everyday products like coffee? Our colleagues Jasmin and Vanessa explain in a FACHPACK interview how networking, technical expertise, and bold decisions enable true sustainability.
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At this year's Handelsblatt Annual Conference Circular Economy, our colleague Kristina, together with Andrea from koorvi, presented on Tchibo Refurbished – practical, with lessons learned and initial results: A real use case of the Circular Economy!
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Packaging improvers: In this interview with sicherverpackt.de, our colleagues Helena and Marius from packaging development explain how innovations in material, machine and data management are shaping the future of coffee packaging and why new ways of thinking are crucial.
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Discarded doesn't mean unusable: The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports on Tchibo Refurbished, our service for buying and selling used and refurbished fully automatic coffee machines. Click here for the article!
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Save the date: The Handelsblatt conference "Circular Economy 2026 - From Nice-to-Have to Economic Necessity" focuses on shaping the future with circular business models. Our colleague Kristina will be speaking with our partners from koorvi about Tchibo Refurbished.
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"Effective Supply Chain Transformation: Which Approaches Really Work at Tchibo": In this episode, our colleague Katharina shares insights into how companies can position themselves to get the most out of their supply chain. Spoiler alert: The best way to achieve this is together!
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Launched in the summer of 2025, Tchibo Refurbished for fully automatic coffee machines has seen a pleasing increase in demand within a few months and enjoys great popularity among customers – both when buying used machines and when selling the refurbished models.
Refurbished laptops, smartphones and tablets: In the new episode of “5 Tassen täglich”, our “Digital Workplace” colleagues Carsten and Sven explain what happens to the employee's notebooks and other technical devices when the devices have reached the end of their service life at Tchibo.
Today is Circular Monday! On this day, the focus is on repairing, reusing, sharing, swapping, and more to promote the circular economy. To take others along on our circular economy journey at Tchibo, we've developed the Circular Solutions Pattern Cards. Check them out!
Refurbished – a second life for our fully automatic coffee machines: In this episode of "5 Tassen täglich" our colleague Karo and Andrea Schneller (koorvi) talk with Ralf Podszus about why "refurbished" is much more than "used" – namely tested, renewed, and with a warranty. Listen now!
In this serial format in our Tchibo blog, we want to take you with us and explain how our packaging works, why we need to work on it and what the challenges are. In the first part, our colleague Helena reports on the switch to recyclable foil.
How can we make climate protection tangible? In the new podcast episode "5 Tassen täglich" Kristina, Tchibo's circular economy and environmental protection expert, translates numbers and goals into everyday stories. The insight: Climate protection is a community project! Listen now!
In the midst of the discourse on circular economy and sustainable innovation: At this year's IFA in Berlin, we could showcase this concept at one of the world's most important technology trade fairs – with our refurbished fully automatic coffee machine at the Cradle to Cradle NGO's booth.
Products with a second life: Refurbishment saves resources and extends product life. The Circular Talk highlights the opportunities and hurdles of the circular economy. Joining: our colleague Karo, who will talk about our circular approach to refurbished coffee machines.
Photo: Fab City Hamburg e.V.
With the new fully automatic machine Esperto mini, we deliberately avoid colorful sales packaging and use as much recyclable material as possible – even when shipping it in recyclable cardboard. One of the first examples of our new sustainable machine packaging concept!
Circular innovations for sustainable impact and economic benefit: As the circular economy requires fundamental changes to our value creation, we have developed the Circular Solutions Pattern Cards: an analysis of Tchibo's circular activities.
Climate protection along the entire supply chain: By setting science-based climate targets, which have also been validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), we want to make a contribution to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Click here for our press release.