This article is about a man named Shane Genziuk of Victoria, Australia, who started a local group called Ground for Ground that works with coffee shops to make used coffee grounds available for the public to use in their gardens and for composting. Genziuk has collected over 1,800 pounds of used coffee grounds from local coffee shops so far and has updated his website with valuable information on how to use the used grounds as compost, pest repellent, and the environmental impact it has.
This is what my group is shooting for. For Dutch Brothers coffee stands to take the initiative in allowing people like Genziuk to acquire their used coffee grounds for composting and garden use. This is just the first step in our proposal to make Dutch Brothers environmentally friendly. The overall goal is to take the additional steps of having recycle bins for customers to drop off the new biodegradable cups/lids that Dutch Brothers will hopefully be using in the future. And in addition, to have their own compost bin at each stand. This is great for the local community, customers, and environment near the stands. This article is just a glimpse that this type of recycling is happening not just in Oregon, but all over the world.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/ground-for-ground-put-your-coffee-back-into-the-earth
That is what all coffee places should do to preserve and reuse to protect our earth. This some thing that is green. Its like recycling but with regrowing it. I've seen how they had those cups that are made of recycling that is a step closing to make their companies green.
ReplyDeleteI think this would be a great solution to help promote sustainability. A lot of people in the northwest buy coffee from vendors, and all of those cups and lids that don't get recycled must add up quickly. Providing compostable bins for these new cups would dramatically reduce waste.
ReplyDeleteWhat about forming an organization that would require all vendors to provide their product in compostable or recyclable bags and bins.