Posts Tagged ‘Food Waste’

Elegant desktop composter for urban composting with Prius like halo effect

There is no denying the fact that composting your organic food waste can do wonders for the plants you own, but the biggest problem with home composting systems is the rotting smell they produce as your waste is turned into nutrient rich plant food. While the most we can do is to place the composter in the backyard, student designer Fanny Nilsson is imagining an indoor composting system that can be placed on your desktop.

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Starbucks to turn used coffee grounds into bioplastics

One of the world’s leading coffee chain, Starbucks, which already has a goal to offer front-of-store recycling in all its company-owned cafes by 2015, has come up with another innovative way to reduce its carbon footprint. The company is now trying to turn all its used coffee grounds, along with other bakery food waste, into everyday products such as laundry detergents and bioplastics.

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