Gossips comment that coffee is the second most consumed drink in the world, of course, after the water. So we can already imagine the impact environment it has.
The daily gesture of emptying the coffee filter or ladle into the garbage can, those coffee grounds , suppose a huge amount of waste worldwide.
Faced with this problem, there are several proposals that We will show, but, first, it is the turn of the Nescafé project Coffee Table .
The coffee table – Nescafé Coffee Table aims to show us that it is possible to transform the coffee grounds into an object blunt, elegant and that We all have a small table at home!
Nescafé Canada partnered with the Rethink agency of the Canadian designer Jesson Moen to build a unique coffee table , made with real dregs of coffee.
To be exact, about 16 kilos of coffee grounds coffee . Mixed with ecological resin based on soybeans and compressed into molds under high pressure with the back polished and mounted.
Actually, the furniture is designed to attract attention on the platform of Cup of Respect of Nescafe . Brand initiative that explains how it cultivates, elaborates and packages in a "respectful" way the coffee .
Using less water and advising farmers (coffee farmers) to plant various crops to combat the production monoculture that prevails in the category.
As Carm DaSilva, vice president of marketing, explains… “The global brand uses 10% of the world's coffee, which means that their sustainability commitments to improve the planet have a disproportionate impact compared to the competition» .
Good for the initiatives of the brand in trying to benefit the environment and promote sustainability, but not all it's so pretty.
And more, when the narrative about “sustainability” comes from of large companies, the concept of the Greenwashing or "Green Washing" by looking at the Greenpeace report The Climate Emergency Unpacked where Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé (Nescafé), among others, do not fare very well. But That's another story!
But… Are there any other projects that recycle waste dregs? coffee? Yes, and they are quite interesting.
Starting with Decafé . a material realized with coffee grounds, natural binders and mineral fillers with which they have been able to create a wide variety of objects really pretty.
They have lamps, all kinds of vases, candle holders, etc. AND In addition, adding value to society, a 10! and you can consult the company Decafé HERE.
The Greencup program provides most modern offices in the UK trade cafe fair and then collects its waste to turn it into compost. From there came the idea of Re-Worked, non-profit products profit that uses coffee waste and used plastic to create a new material called Çurface. A material that is durable, pleasant to the touch and also has a coffee aroma.
Different pieces of furniture appeared from that last project, even Google at the time used the services of Greencup and purchased designer furniture made by Re-Worked.
From Germany, the company Kaffeeform makes coffee cups, cups, plates made from used coffee grounds. started in 2009, after countless expresses and experiments gave with the prototype. The dishes are durable, lightweight and suitable for the dishwasher.
Although it sounds crazy, coffee residues they can also be used in the field of textiles . From sports like the Nat-2 brand that launched its Coffee line Line up t-shirts.
Taiwanese company Singtex. Is providing clothes fresh that has additional benefits such as properties deodorizers. They use a proprietary process to recycle the coffee grounds used into yarn, which is then turned into fabrics that are resistant to odors and even rays UV.
And if you look a little further on the internet, actually, there's a lots of initiatives where research is done and many others They directly manufacture all kinds of objects, sports, dresses etc.
You don't have to be an engineer to recycle either the coffee grounds . We can give it several uses for its properties, even if it's garbage:
