Coffee Grounds Gippsland

23/03/2020

Did you know, when using coffee grounds as a fertilizer it is best to mix it with the soil. If the coffee grounds get to much air then they can dry out, and if they dry out they can repel water.

19/03/2020

If you have too much coffee grounds and nothing to do with them, don’t throw them out. Coffee grounds do not spoil or go bad. This means that they can be stored away for a few months until your compost is ready for more coffee grounds.

02/03/2020

Used coffee grounds are not only good for your gardens, but they also have other benefits as well. One of which is for your skin. Coffee grounds can be used as a scrub. Either a face or body scrub or even being turned into soap. Coffee grounds actually protect from UV rays. Using coffee grounds for these purposes will help protect your skin from UV rays, keeping your skin healthy.

28/02/2020

The following is a list of plants that do well with the acid from coffee grounds:
- Apples
- Azaleas
- Beans
- Begonias
- Blueberries
- Cabbages
- Caladium
- Calluna
- Camellias
- Carrots
- Chillies/peppers
- Cranberries
- Cucumbers
- Currants
- Daffodil
- Dogwood
- Elderberries
- Fothergilla
- Gardenias
- Gooseberries
- Grapes
- Holly
- Hydrangea
- Iris
- Japanese Andromeda
- Magnolia
- Marigolds
- Nasturtium
- Onions
- Parsley
- Potatoes
- Radishes
- Raspberries
- Rhododendrons
- Rhubarb
- Squash
- Strawberries
- Sweetcorn
- Tomatoes
- Turnips

26/02/2020

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24/02/2020

In the United Kingdom, The Royal College of Physicans have partnered with bio-bean to ensure the venues coffee grounds are diverted and recycled into eco-friendly fire logs, saving 70% of CO2e emissions.

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The Royal College of Physicians Meetings & Events and its caterer CH&Co have partnered with bio-bean, the world's largest recycler of spent coffee grounds, to transform its 3,500 kg of waste coffee grounds a year into sustainable bio-products.

21/02/2020

The similar service ‘Reground’, based in the inner suburbs of Melbourne have provided their service of coffee ground pickups at the Australian Open.

It is great to see likeminded initiatives also working towards being environmentally sustainable!

Recycling business Reground will collect one tonne of coffee grounds from the grand slam and scatter them across community and private gardens around Melbourne.

19/02/2020

Did you know that by sprinkling dry coffee grounds around plants (and on top of soil) can help deter pests?

It doesn’t fully eliminate them; however, it helps keeping away animals and minimizing their damage in the garden.

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Looking for a great pickmeup for your plants? Then consider putting your used coffee grounds to work in the garden. The following article will help with tips for composting coffee grounds.

17/02/2020

Coffee grounds can provide plant growth and soil property similar to the benefits of manures, biochar and compost.

These amendments provide nutrients, increase plant growth, improve soil water and improve soil structure, along with many other benefits.

Be sure to sign up today to put your coffee grounds to good use!

https://www.sgaonline.org.au/using-coffee-grounds-in-the-garden/

15/02/2020

According to a new study, grinding coffee beans more coarsely and using fewer beans can provide a higher quality coffee, while also saving money and wastage at the same time.

When implemented in an Oregon café, the approach led to a 25 percent reduction in used coffee grounds between September 2018 and 2019.

To provide a consistently high-quality drink, coffee producers should instead grind beans more coarsely and use fewer of them, according to a new study published in Matter.

13/02/2020

Alongside coffee grounds is the issue of coffee cups. An estimated one billion coffee cups end up in landfill each year within Australia. That’s roughly 2,700,00 paper coffee cups thrown out every day.

7-Eleven is providing stores with ‘Simply Cups’ bins to promote a more environmentally friendly way of recycling coffee cups. 7-Eleven is also aiming to recycle 70 million cups which is equivalent to the number of cups they sell in Australia each year.

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https://www.news.com.au/features/v3/nlmd-2182/our-shocking-coffee-cup-problem/

11/02/2020

Over a quarter of all carbon emissions are from the transportation sector.

Ford has set a goal to only use recycled and renewable plastics for their vehicles. Ford and McDonald’s are partnering to provide more durable for vehicle parts by heating coffee chaffs to high temperatures with low oxygen.
This will provide lighter car parts, decrease the use of petrol and lower CO2 emissions.

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The auto industry is under enormous pressure to reduce tailpipe emissions and increase production of electric vehicles.