The little bug with a big appetite turning organic waste into sustainable fertiliser

These tiny soldiers can eat four times their own weight in organic waste – and turn it into sustainable fertiliser.

BBC
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#FoodWaste #OrganicWaste
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Green Queen

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 🙄

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-an-amazing-practical-use-for-our-leftover-coffee-grounds

#WasteReduction #Biochar #Sustainability

Scientists Discovered An Amazing Practical Use For Our Leftover Coffee Grounds

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

ScienceAlert

RT @Energy4Europe: By 2024, EU🇪🇺 countries have to collect separately #organicwaste, which will be an opportunity to upscale the production of sustainable #biomethane & create income opportunities for farmers 👩🏻‍🌾 🧑🏽‍🌾and foresters. ➡️ https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/renewable-energy/bioenergy/biomethane_en #RepowerEU

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/euenergyweek/status/1549393556074373126

Biomethane

Biomethane is a sustainable alternative to fossil gas and EU aims to scale up its production to 35 billion cubic meters per year by 2030.

Energy

By 2024, EU🇪🇺 countries have to collect separately #organicwaste, which will be an opportunity to upscale the production of sustainable #biomethane & create income opportunities for farmers 👩🏻‍🌾 🧑🏽‍🌾and foresters. ➡️ https://europa.eu/!6pKhPP #RepowerEU

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/Energy4Europe/status/1549372946241683457

Biomethane

Biomethane is a sustainable alternative to fossil gas and EU aims to scale up its production to 35 billion cubic meters per year by 2030.

Energy