Glasgow Case Studies
Beauty Kitchen
The beauty brand using the power of coffee and collaboration to spark a sustainable revolution.
Grounds for Good
The Welsh business turning local coffee grounds into delicious drinks, beautiful products and more.
Mossgiel Organic Farm
The organic dairy farm using coffee grounds to revolutionise the milk industry.
Excited by all the innovative businesses doing amazing things with used coffee grounds? Well, the excitement doesn’t stop there! Read about a whole host of other businesses leading the international circular coffee revolution.
International Case Studies
GroCycle
Devon, United Kingdom
Lover of mushrooms and hater of waste? Grocyle are too! Learn more about this circular business that sells mushroom growing kits with used coffee grounds.
Re-Worked
London, United Kingdom
London based company Re-Worked are certainly true to their name. Through innovative design technology they have, quite literally, re-worked used coffee grounds into funky furniture pieces.
Rosalie McMillan, Jewellery designer
London, United Kingdom
Drinking coffee is one thing, but would you ever wear it? You probably would if it looked as good as jewellery designer Rosalie McMillan’s latest collection...!
Up Circle
London, United Kingdom
Up Circle are a cosmetics company that are ditching the chemicals and turning to natural ingredients to give you a glow. Find out how leftover coffee grounds might find their way into your make up bag.
Green Cup
London, United Kingdom
Green Cup is an early pioneer in looking for used coffee ground solutions. They’re a key player in developing Çurface - the world’s first durable material made from recycled coffee. Learn more about what it’s used for...
KaffeBueno
Denmark
KaffeeBueno are one of the originals in coffee bio-tech research. Since then, these Danish trailblazers have been turning used coffee grounds into natural cosmetics ingredients and food products.
Kaffeform
Germany
Kaffeeform aren't content with just drinking coffee – they’re also drinking out of coffee. Their range of reusable coffee cups are made from used coffee grounds – if that’s not circular we don’t know what is!
Singtex
Taiwan
Fashion and clothing industries have a significant impact on the environment. Luckily Singtex a company trying to buck that trend – designing clothes made from... yep, you’ve guessed it...!
Rens Sneakers
Finland
We all wish we could walk on water. How about walking on coffee?! Find out how Rens Sneakers are making the impossible, possible.
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
South Korea
You might have heard of trees being used for carbon capture, but what about used coffee to absorb methane? Find out whether researchers into coffee’s weird and wonderful uses see the potential.