last highlighted date: 2023-02-24
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- For example repurposing coffee grounds into shoes.
- There are lots of products used coffee grounds can be upcycled into industrially. Here are just some of the examples that can be found online: • Coffee oil for all kinds of food and beverage products • Clothing and shoes for a true coffee enthusiastic • 3D printing material for printing out pretty much anything (but not any hot items) • Cups and other tableware for a sustainable kitchen and restaurant • Furniture and decorations such as sofas and lamps for interior focused coffee person • Bio energy: coffee based fuel has been tested in London public transport and coffee based electricity has been used to light up houses, Christmas trees and what not • Carbon capturing – removing the harmful greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. • Ingredient for cosmetic oils and solid cosmetics for personal hygiene such as soap, shampoo, face scrub and similar products • “Fire logs” for your fire place – they contain more energy and create more heat than an actual wooden log!
- Use the grounds as a bed for mushroom plantation. It is interesting, educating and nearly addicting to follow the process slowly forwarding.
- Make a coffee face mask or a scrub or use the grounds as shampoo.
- Neutralize odors for example in the fridge.
- For every ton of coffee “waste” decomposed in a landfill, 340m3 of methane are released in the environment. The yearly environmental impact of coffee waste decomposition is equivalent to 10 million car emissions.
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