Tag Archives: Coffee grounds

Lockdown mushrooms: growing mushrooms from recycled coffee grounds

Posted on May 29, 2020 by Jennifer Ferreira

Since we’ve been spending so much time at home recently, we decided to try growing our own mushrooms again. If you have read some of my blog posts on coffee and the circular economy here on the ‘cafespaces’, you may … Continue reading →

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Working together towards a circular economy: life beyond the cup of coffee

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Jennifer Ferreira

There are many different definitions of the circular economy, which at their core they have the same thing in common: the reduction of waste, and the movement away from a linear economy which operates on a take-make-consume-throwaway model (Ellen Macarthur … Continue reading →

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From coffee grounds to grand designs – talking about coffee shops and the circular economy at the RGS conference

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

In London this week the Royal Geographical Society hosted its Annual Conference with an overarching theme of Geographies of trouble / geographies of hope. This year I presented some of my research in a session on Sustainablity, re-use and waste. … Continue reading →

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Innovations in the circular economy: coffee grounds as a waste opportunity

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Jennifer Ferreira

In the UK around 95 million cups of coffee are consumed every day, which means it also produces a lot of coffee waste – around of 500,000 tonnes waste coffee grounds every year. Such amount of waste contributes to rising … Continue reading →

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How to make your coffee shop more sustainable – an infographic

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

One of the areas of the coffee and coffee shop industries I am interested in is sustainability and how different businesses approach it. Espresso Works, a coffee equipment business based on Australia has recently produced an infographic exploring some of … Continue reading →

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New publication: Fostering sustainable behaviour in retail – looking beyond the coffee cup

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

The environmental issues associated with disposable coffee cups has become the focus of attention for many businesses, government, the media and the public. I have written about the issue on the cafespaces blog a number of times too, but more … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop Industry, Recycling and the Circular Economy

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Jennifer Ferreira

Last week I had a great opportunity to give a guest lecture at Leiden University in the Netherlands to talk about the coffee shop industry, recycling and the circular economy. The lecture focused not only on exploring the implications of … Continue reading →

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The Square Mile Challenge and sustainability at the London Coffee Festival

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

The #SquareMileChallenge is underway in the city of London. Led by the environmental charity Hubbub in partnership with the City of London Corporation, Network Rail and Simply Cups,  the scheme aims to recycle five million disposable coffee cups in an … Continue reading →

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Coffee and the circular economy

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Jennifer Ferreira

With the growing number of coffee shops in the UK (and globally) there has also been a rise in associated waste products too: it is estimated that over 500,000 tonnes of coffee waste is produced in the UK every year,which … Continue reading →

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