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Because I adore things like this. 😊

"We could be producing #concrete that's 30 percent stronger by processing and adding charred #CoffeeGrounds to the mix, researchers in #Australia discovered."

Every year the world produces a staggering 10 billion kilograms (22 billion pounds) of #coffee #waste globally. Most ends up in #landfills."

This could be the answer to so many problems at once: how to dispose of #OrganicWaste / #FoodWaste, reduce contributions to #landfill sites (& the accompanying #GreenhouseGases produced as it decays), reduce the extraction of #sand from river beds & banks around the world, thus preserving our finite natural resources, and so much more.

"The researchers cautioned that they still need to assess the long term durability of their cement product. They're now working on testing how the hybrid coffee-cement performs under freeze/thaw cycles, water absorption, abrasions and many more stressors" - but still, it's exciting! 😃

Edited: forgot link 🙄

sciencealert.com/scientists-di

ScienceAlert · Scientists Discovered An Amazing Practical Use For Our Leftover Coffee GroundsWe could be producing concrete that's 30 percent stronger by processing and adding charred coffee grounds to the mix, researchers in Australia discovered.

#Bega is aiming to become a circular economy to cut down on waste. With over 8 billion people using nearly two planets' worth of resources each year, the need for organised recovery, recycling, and reuse—known as 'circularity'—is crucial. Banks, big consultancies, and universities are backing Bega in New South Wales to become Australia’s first regional circular economy. From chooks and wood waste to whey, sea urchins, shells, and household green waste, it’s all good for farming. #CircularEconomy #Sustainability #BegaNSW #WasteReduction #EcoFriendlyFarming

youtube.com/watch?v=9MbjjIuy1w

In embracing the concept of the #circulareconomy, Indonesian officials have become prone to portraying #plasticpollution as a potential resource to be repurposed for economic uplift. Lukas Fort on the politics and policy of the "#plasticene" in #Indonesia, "[r]eframing waste as only an economic resource does not convey the urgent need for #wastemanagement and #wastereduction."

newmandala.org/the-plastipelag

New Mandala · The plastipelago - New MandalaIndonesia’s encounter with the “plasticene” has led to a naïve and hasty government effort to rebrand waste as an asset.
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@CelloMomOnCars @Streetsweeper @breadandcircuses and what we really need to start discussing is how we can provide for that "23% "Other" category" with minimal continued fossil C extraction.

Is there enough available biomass or will we devastate natural ecosystems if we say "oh, we can use nature based materials"?

Can we use CCSU strategies to process DAC captured CO2 to useful feedstock for that other?

Can we change our consumption of goods, and look at a closed loop system of reuse/recycle/ reprocess?

Who's working on this?

Needed #climateaction