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Glasgow Case Studies

Beauty Kitchen

The beauty brand using the power of coffee and collaboration to spark a sustainable revolution.

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Dear Green Coffee

The local roasters creating a circular coffee culture city-wide.

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Drygate

A local brewery putting the delicious taste of repurposed coffee on the menu.

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Grounds for Good

The Welsh business turning local coffee grounds into delicious drinks, beautiful products and more.

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Mossgiel Organic Farm

The organic dairy farm using coffee grounds to revolutionise the milk industry.

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Revive Eco

The coffee grounds collectors turning waste into value, one body scrub at a time.

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SWG3

A favourite Glasgow venue, paving the way for coffee ground recycling city-wide.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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...!

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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.

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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...

Denmark

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.

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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!

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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...!

Finland

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.

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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.