Why Wet Coffee Grounds Might Be The Next Waste-To-Energy Goldmine

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Researchers at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources have developed a faster, cheaper biochar production method using wet coffee grounds. This innovation could transform waste-to-energy processes and help divert millions of tons of waste from landfills, contributing to alternative energy sources urgently needed today.

A team of researchers at the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) have just found a way to make biochar production faster and cheaper. The new method solves a major challenge in standard biochar production processes and potentially unlocks a recycling stream that can divert millions of tons of waste away from landfill annually and turn it into a productive energy source at a time when new energy alternatives are needed more urgently than ever before. Biochar is essentially charcoal that is made by heating up organic waste…