Convert food waste to industrial usage

Cost
LOW
Cost
MEDIUM
Cost
HIGH
EFFORT
low
EFFORT
medium
EFFORT
HIGH
IMPACT
low
IMPACT
MEDIUM
IMPACT
HIGH

Used cooking oil can be recycled into biofuel.

Dedicate food waste (okara and soy bean waste) to higher value products.

Coffee grounds are 100% natural and have various practical usage related to gardening, cleaning, scrubbing or technological usage such as fire retardant material. Contract with a specialist to collect them. If you want to compost it by yourself, be aware that used coffee grounds must be detoxified by composting for a minimum of 98 days for plants to benefit from the potassium and nitrogen contained in the roasted beans.

6 mil. tons

of coffee grounds are thrown away every year.
(The sustainable Coffee Guide)

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

List of licensed used cooking oil (UCO) collectors

Used coffee grounds can be given to your nearest community garden.

Want to know more about sustainable coffee ? Read this sustainable coffee Guide.