‘Waste’ Materials to landfill, coffee grounds.
by Lewis, 5 January, 2019, 4 comments
A recent woodlands blog discussed the millions of Christmas trees that end up as landfill material. This is also true for a material that is generated in cafes and restaurants across the U.K - the ‘waste material’ is coffee grounds. Coffee is the second largest traded commodity after petroleum. One estimate suggests that six million tonnes of spent coffee grounds go to landfill every year. Landfill sites account for a fifth of the UK’s methane emissions; methane is an extremely potent greenhouse gas associated with global warming & climate change. Read more...
