Every year, the world’s coffee drinkers throw out as much as 60 million tons of coffee grounds—and when they end up in landfills, coffee grounds release methane, a potent greenhouse gas. But ...

A growing body of research suggests coffee may have far greater environmental potential than anyone imagined. Scientists are finding that spent coffee grounds — the waste remaining after brewing — can ...

Researchers have found that concrete can be made 30% stronger by replacing a percentage of sand with spent coffee grounds, an organic waste product produced in huge amounts that usually ends up in ...

There is growing interest in use of coffee grounds to produce materials for advanced batteries. A number of recent publications have reported significant advances in the search for sustainable and ...

Was it a coffee lover or hater who came up with this innovative idea? What if your morning coffee could help build the next generation of eco-friendly homes? That's exactly what researchers in ...