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I discovered the other day that 500,000 tonnes of used coffee grounds are produced in the UK each year and that we drink 95 million cups of coffee a day! I unearthed this in a long overdue catch up with Steve Snape a very interesting chap in in East Lancashire, and the only Worm Farmer…

The Good Food For Glasgow Podcast is a podcast by Glasgow Food Policy Partnership (GFPP) which tackles a different food issue or topic from a Glasgow-based perspective each month. As Glasgow Chamber of Commerce are one of the GFPP Partners and the Grounds For Recycling Campaign ties in so well with our mission around sustainable…

When I was invited to write this piece, my mind went straight to my granny and her relentless habit to recycle coffee grounds and to place them in her plot and pots, to help drainage and protect the plants from parasites whilst providing them with useful nutrients.   Growing up in Venice, a massively important tourist…

Over the last few years I have found great joy in the process of making a really good coffee with freshly ground beans from one of my local coffee houses. I am clearly not alone. As a nation previously known for its tea drinking, the UK has become one of the largest consumers of coffee…

It is an undeniable fact of the new reality that cities around the world, in addition to their own internal challenges, are increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters. To address this, we are supporting cities to develop resilience strategies while channelling targeted investments to help them address vulnerabilities and build capacity.  Working with nearly 100 cities…

Glasgow and across Scotland is no stranger to hosting major international and sporting events, and in the past 10 years alone we’ve delivered the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, the 2014 Ryder Cup, the 2018 European Championships, UEFA EURO 2020, and COP26 in 2021.   This year, our country’s stellar reputation will be further strengthened as Glasgow…

June 2023 As Scotland slowly started coming out of the pandemic, 2021 saw the launch of Plate up for Glasgow – Scotland’s first hospitality industry led campaign. Scheduled to coincide with COP26, the campaign aimed to highlight and encourage Glasgow city-based hospitality businesses to act upon the global issue of food waste and its impact on climate…

Worldwide an estimated one billion tonnes of coffee waste are produced each year (Jagdale et al., 2019). Most of this goes into landfills in what is probably the biggest lost opportunity. Used coffee grounds are one of the most versatile compounds available and it’s great to see Grounds for Recycling profiling the many ways they…

Coffee is one of the world’s most widely consumed beverages and its production generates large impacts, mostly because of the strong delocalization between the areas of production (the so-called coffee belt) and the areas of consumption. Very little is known about what happens before and after drinking our cup of coffee, so it’s great to…

Enter a realm where coffee takes on a whole new meaning, all thanks to Kaffe Bueno. This visionary company is revolutionising the use of coffee by-products, encompassing everything from spent coffee grounds to other overlooked treasures, by extracting their hidden potential and maximising their value. Through the amalgamation of scientific expertise, green chemistry, and biotechnology,…